Raipur: The chairman of an NGO was arrested here Thursday on charges of raping a 37-year-old woman employee of his organisation. The NGO chairman was also allegedly blackmailing her with a video clip of the act in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur district. This information was given by the police here Friday.
The accused, 31, originally hails from Nagpur in Maharashtra. He had been allegedly raping the victim since the last eight months, the official said. The man was arrested based on a complaint of the woman lodged Wednesday at the Rakhi police station in Nava Raipur.
According to the complaint, the woman, who is married, had started working at the Nava Raipur-based NGO last year. The accused raped the woman December 29 in his office when she went to seek financial help, the official said.
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The NGO chairman shot the alleged act secretly on his cellphone and clicked her obscene pictures, he said, quoting the victim. Using the video clip and photos, he allegedly blackmailed the woman. Then he sexually assaulted her multiple times, the official added.
The accused was booked under section 376 (rape) of the IPC, police said. They added that further investigation is underway. The accused has been produced in court and remanded to police custody for 10 days, said a source. He informed that this is not the first time that the accused has been caught in such controversies. In the past also, allegations of sexual assault had surfaced against the NGO chairman. However, no official complaint was lodged.