Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja was arrested at 3 am on Monday on charges of raping his domestic help. Later, he was produced in court, and remanded in three-day police custody. The complainant, in her account to the cops, said that the actor had “wrapped her tight from behind” on Saturday, a day before she was allegedly raped.
Excerpts from her first-person narrative: On Saturday (June 13), I was in the house doing the daily chores. I needed to open a water valve. It was beyond my reach. So, I climbed up on a container. As I was opening the valve, he (Shiney) wrapped me tight from behind. I got scared, but did not have the guts to say anything. His wife was not at home. Later, I thought that he might have done it with no bad intention. Perhaps, he thought that I would fall down and supported me.
So, I went to work again as usual on Sunday (June 14). I was busy doing cleaning work in the kitchen when he called me by my name. Since the other maid had gone to the church, I thought that he needed something.
Figuring that he was in the bedroom, I went and stood near the door. Before I could ask him anything, he pulled me inside by my hand and locked the door from inside. I started shouting. He told me not to shout as there was no one in the house who could hear me. He said that I should listen to whatever he said and do whatever he told me to do.
He then pushed me down on the bed. I tried hard to push him away and shouted. He clamped his hand on my mouth and gagged me. He was too powerful for me. He then took off my salwaar kameez and raped me.
I was crying. He told me to shut up and threatened to kill me if I reported the
incident to anyone. I got scared and sat in the room for a while. Later, I called my uncle. He calmed me down and advised me to approach the police.
