Television actor and singer Karan Oberoi has been arrested by the Oshiwara police for allegedly raping and extorting money from an astrologer. Karan who has featured in popular daily soap Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi and was a member of an indiepop band 'A Band of Boys', is alleged to have recorded the act and demanded money from the victim threatening to release the video if she did not pay up.
According to the police, Oberoi and the victim were in touch since October 2016 and the duo started chatting over 'Tinder' a popular mobile application meant for dating. Oberoi's advocate while seeking bail for him at magistrate court told the judge that it was the woman who approached Oberoi through the said dating app so that a conversation can be initiated.
"Both of them initially had a casual chat but later, the woman started pressing Oberoi for various reasons. In order to extort money from him, she threatened to lodge a policecomplaint against him to defame him. When he refused to comply, the woman approached the police and registered a case on the basis of baseless allegations after which Oberoi too approached the police and gave his statement," argued Oberoi's advocate.
The complainant told the police that Oberoi had promised to marry her but in order to take undue advantage, she was raped and the act was filmed and then used as a tool to extort money.
"Oberoi was arrested on Sunday and he has been sent to police custody till Thursday. We have booked him under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and further investigation is going on," said Shailesh Pasalwad, a senior police inspector of Oshiwara.
