Case filed against sub-inspector for raping subordinate in Navi Mumbai

Thane: A 32-year-old police sub-inspector has been booked for raping and molesting a married policewoman in Navi Mumbai district of Maharashtra state, an official said on Sunday.

The crime was committed between 2020 and July 2022 in the Sanpada area, he said.

The accused befriended the 26-year-old victim; both worked in the Mumbai Police. After promising to marry her, he allegedly raped her multiple times in a flat in Sanpada, the official said.

He also took Rs 1.9 million from the victim from time to time under some pretext and returned only Rs 1.461 million, police said.

The accused also stalked the woman and asked her to leave her husband, otherwise he threatened to kill her, said the officer from the Sanpada police station.

Initially, a complaint was lodged at Pant Nagar police station in neighbouring Mumbai, based on which a ‘Zero FIR’ was filed against the accused under sections 376 (rape), 376(2)(n) (repeated rape), 354(a) (sexual harassment), 354(d) (stalking), 506(2) (criminal intimidation) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code, the official said.

The case has been forwarded to Sanpada police for further investigation, which registered it on Saturday, he said.

A Zero FIR can be filed at any police station, irrespective of the location of the incident or jurisdiction, and later forwarded to the appropriate police station.