Senior IPS officer Sunil Paraskar, who has been accused of rape by a city-based model was granted anticipatory bail on Tuesday, from a Mumbai sessions court. Paraskar had filed an anticipatory bail application before the sessions court on July 25, which had granted him interim protection till July 31.
Opposing the bail plea last week, the victim's lawyer Chitra Salunke had said that if Paraskar was arrested, more victims might muster courage to complain about him.
The 25-year-old model had lodged a complaint against Paraskar on July 23 accusing him of raping and molesting her between November 2013 and March 2014 when he was posted as the Additional Commissioner of Police (North Region) with the Mumbai police. Following a complaint by the model, Paraskar was booked under IPC sections 376(2)(rape by a police officer), 376 C (intercourse by superintendent of jail, remand home, etc) and 354 (D) (stalking). The 57-year-old DIG (Protection of Civil Rights Units) is at present posted at the Maharashtra Police Headquarters.
It wasn't rape, but consensual sex, rape accused DIG Sunil Paraskar's lawyer tells court
Paraskar, however, insisted that it wasn't rape, but consensual sex. "(Sunil) Paraskar did not rape the model, rather the evidence that the police have produced before the court clearly shows she had consensual sex with him," Rizwan Merchant, advocate for the deputy inspector general (DIG) who is accused of rape told a special court. Read more
Rape charge against DIG Sunil Paraskar for publicity, says victim's ex-lawyer
In a new turn to the rape and molestation case against IPS officer Sunil Paraskar, a former lawyer of the alleged victim, a model-turned-actress, has said she never told him about the rape and claimed she brought up the charge to gain publicity to enter a reality show. "I have submitted the messages exchanged between me and the victim through SMSes and WhatsApp. After going through these messages, it will be clear that she (the model) filed the case against DIG Paraskar purely for publicity so that she gets a place in a reality show," Rizwan Siddiqui, who earlier represented the model, has told the police. Read more
Shiv Sena backs rape accused DIG Sunil Paraskar; questions if it has become 'fashionable' to level rape charges
In an editorial in 'Saamna', the Shiv Sena extended its support to senior IPS officer Sunil Paraskar who stands accused of rape by a Mumbai-based model. It went so far as to question whether it has become fashionable to level rape charges. “Has it become a fashion to level rape charges these days," it stated. "After he has served for so many years in the police force, one model now charges DIG Sunil Praskar with rape and in one night he becomes a villain. Such accusations have become good weapons to seek personal revenge," the party said in its mouthpiece. Read more
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