HP man booked for rape in Rohtak lodges counter-complaint

SAYS WAS BLACKMAILED FOR MONEY; WOMAN, HER 3 AIDES BOOKED FOR EXTORTION CRIMINAL INTIMIDATION

A man from Paonta Sahib in Himachal Pradesh, who was booked for rape by Rohtak police on Sunday on a complaint of a city-based woman, has registered a counter-complaint against her for holding him hostage and blackmailing him for money.

Anil Bhatia, who works for a networking investment chain, was accused of raping a woman on October 20. Based on the woman’s complaint, the police had booked Bhatia on Sunday.

However, following Bhatia’s counter-complaint, the police have booked the complainant woman and her three aides for criminal intimidation and extortion. Bhatia said he received a call from the Rohtak woman who wanted to invest in his scheme.

He said she called her to Rohtak to explain the scheme to some of her friends, who she said, were also interested in making the investment.

Bhatia said he came to Rohtak on October 20 and met the woman, who took him to her friend’s house on Jhajjar Chowk.

He alleged that while he was explaining the scheme to the woman inside the house, three people, including a man, entered the house and accused him to trying to rape her. They allegedly demanded Rs 10 lakh from him or else threatened to lodge a rape case against him. He said to save himself, he agreed to pay them Rs 10 lakh. They took his two ATM cards and mobile phones and immediately withdrew Rs 16,000 from his account, and let him leave asking him to credit the remaining sum within two days. He said as he didn’t comply, they filed a rape case against him.