FIR lodged against Rajasthan Minister's son for raping woman

The girl has stated in her complaint that Rohit attacked her and forced her to get an abortion when she became pregnant.

NewsBharati    09-May-2022 14:44:53 PM
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Jaipur, May 9: A 23-year-old woman filed a rape complaint against Rohit Joshi, son of Dr Mahesh Joshi - Rajasthan govt’s water supply minister. The woman was working for a Rajasthan-based news channel has filed a rape case with Delhi’s Sadar Bazar police station.

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A zero FIR has been filed in Sadar Bazar police station and forwarded to Sawai Madhopur. The girl has stated in her complaint that Rohit attacked her and forced her to get an abortion when she became pregnant.
 
 
The victim stated in her police complaint that the accused raped her multiple times in Jaipur and Delhi. In addition, the victim has reported rape and unnatural sex with her in Delhi.

Rohit and the victim were Facebook friends for two years. On Jan 8, 2021, Rohit drove her to his friend’s residence in Sawai Madhopur. When she became unconscious, Rohit filmed and photographed her naked.
 
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Rohit coerced her into having an abortion. The girl claimed that on August 12, 2021, Rohit summoned her to his friend Ajay Yadav’s workplace and assaulted her during a conversation. Rohit forced her to undergo an abortion.

After that, on September 3-4, Rohit brought her to a Delhi hotel and raped her. After that, on April 17, 2022, raped her again under the guise of conversation.

The case was filed on May 8 at a police station in the North District under Indian Penal Code sections 376 (rape), 328 (causing hurt by means of poison, etc. with intent to commit an offence), 312 (causing miscarriage), 366 (kidnapping, abducting, or inducing woman to compel her for marriage, etc), 377 (unnatural offences), and 506 (criminal intimidation).