A PAN card agent was today arrested for allegedly raping a 19-year-old domestic help in a hotel in suburban Santacruz, police said.
According to the police, a few days ago, the 19-year- old victim approached her aunt in suburban Bandra to get an
agent’s number as she wanted to make her PAN card.
Her aunt put the victim in touch with the accused,Khan Salamuddin (36). The girl called up Khan, who asked her
to meet him in a hotel room near Santacruz railway station along with required documents.
Accordingly, the victim yesterday afternoon went to the hotel, where Khan allegedly raped her, police said.
The woman approached the police and filed a case against Khan.
Today we arrested Khan and booked him for rape under Section 376 of the Indian Penal code. We are also probing
whether the victim’s aunt was anyway involved in the case,”said an official from the Santacruz police station.
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