Siddiqui was arrested by police. He filed a bail plea in a sessions court on Tuesday. The matter is likely to be heard on January 29.
Seeing Siddiqui’s picture in newspaper, a ‘gangrape’ victim identified him
as one of the offenders
This is what movie scripts are made of. Sajjad Siddiqui, 65, who filed a petition against police in Bombay High Court, seeking to know the whereabouts of his ‘missing’ son, has been arrested by the cops after a woman identified his photograph in a newspaper and alleged that she was gangraped by Siddiqui, his son and others.
Siddiqui was arrested by police. He filed a bail plea in a sessions court on Tuesday. The matter is likely to be heard on January 29. Siddiqui has alleged that he had been arrested in a false case for initiating proceedings against police in HC. His lawyer, VB Jaiswal, refused to comment.
The curious case, in which both Siddiqui and the alleged rape victim claimed that the cops were favouring the other party, has police in a quandary. Both parties filed proceedings in HC in October 2007. Siddiqui filed for habeas corpus (produce person in court) for his son, Amman, 25, who he claimed had gone missing ever since he was picked up by police in March 2007.
Simultaneously, the victim’s mother, Meera, also moved HC, urging it to direct Oshiwara police to investigate the alleged kidnapping and gangrape of her daughter.
Her lawyer, Nitin Pradhan, sought arrest of both Amman and Siddiqui. Meera alleged that police were dealing softly with Siddiqui, in spite of her daughter having identified his photo. The petition was withdrawn after Siddiqui’s arrest in October.
During the HC hearing of Siddiqui’s petition, police said that Amman had escaped from custody after his arrest.
To verify their claim, Justice RMS Khandeparkar inspected Oshiwara police station to see for himself how an injured Amman could have escaped, scaling a toilet wall. He returned unconvinced, and police were told to file a report on Amman’s whereabouts.
Meera had initially filed a kidnapping case after she received ransom calls for her daughter’s release. But after she was traced, the charge was enhanced to gangrape.
The victim’s mother has also alleged that Amman had been threatening her daughter over the telephone to withdraw the case against him, his father and others.
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