Constable arrested for ‘raping’ 27-yr-old

The Colaba police on Saturday arrested a constable from the local arms branch for allegedly raping a 27-year-old woman. The accused has been identified as Deepak Chavan, 47.

According to the police, Chavan and the victim, a Borivili resident, were having a physical relationship since 2003 and he had promised to marry her. The problem was that he was already married and also had a child. However, he and his wife were separated since three years. She is currently staying Ahmedabad, the police said.

“Chavan continued to have physical relations with the victim till 2008. He used to call her to his room at the police quarters in Colaba. Suddenly one day he refused to marry her,” said inspector Prakash Bhoite.

After the refusal, the victim told him that she would approach police but he paid no heed to it. “He allegedly threatened her that if she went to the cops he would beat her up,” said Bhoite.

Bhoite said that the victim first met Chavan in 2003 when she went to the Mantralaya for some work related to her Mhada flat. “He won her confidence by assuring her that her work would be done,” said Bhoite.

The fact that Chavan was married was already known to the victim. She claimed she continued the relationship because he assured her he would divorce his wife. “She was heartbroken when he refused to marry and decided to approach the police,” said Bhoite.

Chavan was produced in the holiday court on Sunday and was remanded in police custody till July 31.