MUMBAI: A 25-year-old airhostess was allegedly raped by a person who posed as a transgender and entered her flat on the pretext of utilizing black magic to remedy her ailing husband, police mentioned.The accused, recognized as Anil Shinde, 28, was arrested from a slum space in Kalwa early Wednesday, inside 4 hours of the FIR being registered, police mentioned. His actions have been traced utilizing footage from greater than 100 CCTV cameras alongside the route from the Powai constructing to Kalwa.In line with police, Shinde had additionally collected Rs 200 from the lady earlier than leaving the flat.The alleged assault passed off between 12.20pm and 12.50pm on Tuesday. Police mentioned Shinde, dressed as a transgender, entered the constructing after gaining the safety guard’s confidence and knocked on a number of doorways earlier than the lady opened her flat on the third flooring.“He claimed he might chase away the evil eye and sexually assaulted the lady after getting into her flat,” deputy commissioner of police (West Zone-3) Datta Nalawade mentioned.In her criticism, the lady advised police that she allowed Shinde inside as a result of she believed he might assist remedy her husband, who’s present process therapy in hospital. She alleged that Shinde sprinkled water on her and positioned his hand on her head earlier than sexually assaulting her. When she raised an alarm, he left the flat after taking Rs 200, which she alleged she handed over whereas beneath hypnosis.The girl approached police round 11pm on Tuesday, following which an FIR was registered. A staff led by senior inspector AS Sawant, inspector Sushant Bandgar and sub-inspector Sandeep Patil, beneath Nalawade’s supervision, started monitoring the accused.Police mentioned Shinde is in custody and faces prices together with rape and legal intimidation. Extra provisions regarding black magic are additionally prone to be invoked, they mentioned.A police officer mentioned Shinde claimed that his household was concerned in begging whereas posing as transgender individuals. Police are additionally checking whether or not he has been concerned in related offences prior to now.
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