NEW DELHI: A TV actor has been arrested in connection with an alleged rape at a house party in north Delhi's Civil Lines in Aug.
"We have arrested the TV actor Ashish Kapoor from Pune," DCP (north) Raja Banthia said.
In Aug, a 24-year-old woman, who works for a private company and resides in Punjabi Bagh, accused a group of people of drugging and gang-raping her at a party in Civil Lines. She told the police that a friend had called and invited her to the party at the Civil Lines residence of another friend.
According to her statement, at the party she saw five people, including her friend and another woman. The group allegedly mixed a narcotic substance in her drink, causing her to lose consciousness, after which she was gang-raped. The woman also asserted that she was beaten and the assault was filmed.
The accused threatened to upload the footage online if she disclosed the incident to anyone. The suspects fled, leaving her outside the house. A case was registered on Aug 11.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)