Himachal police close rape case against Haryana BJP chief, Haryana police book alleged victim

A elder Himachal Pradesh constabulary serviceman said they recorded statements of 18 people, including the complainant and the accused, but recovered inconsistencies successful the victim’s relationship and that of 2 cardinal witnesses. The serviceman added that the pistillate had declined a aesculapian introspection and that determination was nary CCTV footage from the edifice to enactment her claims.

While the Himachal constabulary dropped the case, the Haryana constabulary lodged an FIR against the pistillate and 3 others connected the ailment of Rocky Mittal, who alleged that the pistillate had attempted to extort Rs 50 lakh from him successful speech for a compromise successful the rape case. The FIR was registered astatine the Sector 5 constabulary presumption successful Panchkula connected Tuesday.

Mittal told the constabulary that the pistillate had made missed calls to him connected January 21 and 22 and aboriginal demanded wealth erstwhile helium called back. He alleged that aft helium refused, she threatened him with dire consequences.

Both Badoli and Mittal had earlier termed the rape allegations “baseless and politically motivated.” Badoli’s wife, Geeta Kaushik, had besides demanded a CBI probe into the matter.

The Haryana constabulary person registered an FIR nether Sections 308(2) (extortion), 308(5) (extortion by putting a idiosyncratic successful fearfulness of decease oregon grievous hurt), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), and 61 (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023.

Citing telephone calls from the complainant successful the gangrape lawsuit and her subordinate successful September 2024, vocalist Rocky Mittal alleged that they had threatened to implicate him and Haryana BJP main Mohan Lal Badoli successful a “honey trap” case. He further accused co-accused Amit Bindal of making akin threats. “They called maine connected September 9 and 10, 2024, demanding a gathering and money, informing that they would framework maine and Badoli. I had lodged an online ailment with the Haryana DGP connected September 14, 2024, and aboriginal informed the Sector-5 constabulary presumption successful Panchkula connected September 18, erstwhile they came to my under-construction location and created a ruckus. When their attempts failed, they filed a mendacious FIR astatine the Kasauli constabulary presumption successful Himachal Pradesh’s Solan district,” Mittal alleged.

Mittal further claimed that the accused had created video clips utilizing artificial quality to blackmail people. “They tried to trap america successful antithetic places similar Goa and Delhi, but they couldn’t win due to the fact that of our cleanable image,” helium said.

In the gangrape FIR registered connected December 13, 2024, the complainant had alleged that Mittal had promised her a relation successful 1 of his euphony albums, portion Badoli had assured her of a authorities job.

In a video released successful January this year, the Delhi-based pistillate expressed fearfulness for her beingness and claimed to person capable grounds to beryllium her allegations against Badoli and Mittal. She said she planned to clasp a property league soon to contiguous the grounds earlier the media. “For the past 1 and a fractional years, I person suffered successful silence. People are questioning my credibility. The accused threatened my person and forced her to springiness a mendacious statement,” she said successful the video, adding, “I consciousness similar dying. I privation to stock my pain. They are threatening to termination me.”

She besides claimed that the accused had antecedently tried to implicate her and her person successful a mendacious lawsuit successful Panchkula. “They called my person to Panchkula and pressured her to framework america successful a fabricated case. I entreaty to the radical of this country, the women’s commission, and the constabulary not to disclose my address. If they tin hint my friend, they tin hint maine too. I request help. I can’t wantonness this combat midway,” she said.