Model wanted to reveal it to IPS officer’s wife

Claims Sunil Paraskar sexually abused her between November 2013 and March 2014

July 26, 2014 01:49 am | Updated November 16, 2021 05:33 pm IST - MUMBAI:

A 26-year-old Mumbai-based model who had filed a sexual assault case against Sunil Paraskar, Deputy Inspector General of Police (Protection of Civil Rights) with the Maharashtra police, accusing him of rape and molestation has claimed that she was sexually abused between November 2013 and March 2014. At the time of the incident, Mr. Paraskar was posted as the Additional Commissioner of Police (North) region with the Mumbai police

According to the statement accessed by The Hindu , the victim first met Mr. Paraskar in April 2013 in connection with a property dispute. The two exchanged numbers. After that, Mr. Paraskar used to message her occasionally, the victim claimed in her statement.

The victim further added that in October 2013, she had lodged a molestation complaint against a person staying in her society. At that time, she did not approach Mr. Paraskar but she got a message stating,” You cannot handle this case alone, you contact me.” But the victim did not approach him, she claims.

In November 2103, the complainant approached Mr. Paraskar to file a complaint against a website for using her photographs and name on an online escort service. She claimed that after her complaint, she was harassed by the officer and even sexually abused by him.

Inappropriate behaviour

“In around November-December, Mr. Paraskar took me to a flat in a building either in Thane or Navi Mumbai on the pretext that he wanted to put it on rent. He asked me if I was interested in renting the said flat. He showed me the flat. He started touching me inappropriately. I got angry and I told him that I am leaving. Mr. Paraskar apologised and we left that place. After I reached home, Mr. Paraskar sent me several messages apologising for his behaviour,” she said while narrating the incident of molestation in her statement.

The victim claims that a week later on the pretext of making her meet a real estate agent who would assist her in buying a flat, Mr. Paraskar took her to a bungalow somewhere in Madh in western suburban Mumbai and raped her.

“I was scared and shocked. I was in pain. I was bruised on my left arm due to the force used by him. During the drive back, I was very disturbed and I was crying,” she recalled.

Gifted him costly watch

The victim claimed that not only was she sexually abused by the officer, but he also demanded a ‘gift’ for helping her lodge a case.

“He started pressuring her to give him a gift saying that [it was] due to his help [that] an FIR was lodged. Due to the pressure, I gifted him a Longines wrist watch worth Rs. 70,000,” she said.

The victim further stated that the officer approached her to seek her help in stopping his transfer. This time she even met his wife. She claimed she wanted to narrate her ordeal to Ms. Paraskar but did not get an opportunity to do so. “Mr. Sunil Paraskar, his wife, my manager and I met at a suburban hotel in Bandra to discuss how we could stop his transfer. I wanted to tell Mr. Paraskar’s wife about his behaviour with me but I did not get a chance to do so as Mr. Paraskar did not leave her side even for a minute.”

Statements recorded

Meanwhile, the police have recorded the statements of the owner and the watchman of the bungalow where the victim was allegedly raped by the officer. “The caretaker has identified both the victim and the accused and said that they had visited her bungalow early this year,” a source privy to the investigations told The Hindu .

Mr. Paraskar was granted an interim relief from arrest by a local court until July 31. The officer proceeded on leave on Thursday after the complaint surfaced. The DGP office is likely to receive the report on the case by Monday after which it will decide on the nature of the departmental action against him.

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