TV actor arrested for gang rape at Civil Lines house
NEW DELHI, Sept. 4 -- A 40-year-old television actor, on the run from police for three weeks, was arrested in Pune for allegedly gang-raping a 24-year-old woman during a party at a house in north Delhi's Civil Lines area on August 10, police said on Wednesday. Deputy commissioner of police (north) Raja Banthia confirmed the arrest in Pune on Tuesday.
The actor, who was named by the rape victim as the "primary perpetrator" in the gang rape and assault, was apprehended after a coordinated manhunt across multiple states, police said. The actor, a Civil Lines resident, has appeared in several television shows, often in lead roles.
To be sure, none of the accused were ever arrested in the case as two other accused received anticipatory bail before their arrest, an investigator said.
A senior police officer, who asked not to be identified, said that they traced the accused initially to Goa, but he managed to slip away. "The team has been looking for him. He was earlier traced to Goa but when the team reached, he slipped away. He was then traced to Pune where he was found living with a friend and was arrested on Tuesday," the officer said on condition of anonymity.
The incident came to light in the early hours of August 11 when the victim, a Gurugram-based professional, reported to police that she had been sexually assaulted by four men at a party.
Investigators said that the victim had been invited to the party by a friend on Under Hill Road.
"In her complaint, she said that she was at home on Sunday when she received a call from her friend who invited her to a party at the house of an acquaintance in Civil Lines," said an officer familiar with the case details....
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