Mumbai, February 16: Two elderly businessmen were today arrested on charges of raping a 25-year-old aspiring actress after promising her a break in television serials, police said.
The two also allegedly prepared an objectionable CD of the victim and tried to blackmail her, they said.
Umesh Reshamwala (60) and his friend Sayyed Alim (63), both residents of suburban Oshiwara, were produced before a local court which sent them in police custody till February 19.
“The woman had come to Mumbai a few months back to work in TV serials. She had been exploited and sexually assaulted on the pretext of a job and a flat. A rape case has been registered against the two,” Additional Police Commissioner Amitabh Gupta said.
According to the woman, when she asked about the flat, the duo sent her an objectionable CD prepared by them and tried to blackmail her, he said.
–Agencies