This Article is From Sep 08, 2010

Shiney Ahuja didn't rape me, says actor's help

Shiney Ahuja didn't rape me, says actor's help

Highlights

  • In a turnaround of events, the domestic help who accused actor shiney Ahuja of raping her has told the court that the actor never raped her.
  • The Public prosecutor has confirmed to NDTV that the maid has now denied the allegation she made a year back. The maid said she made the rape accusation under pressure from her aunt who had got her the job.
  • The public prosecutor says she has now been declared a hostile witness. The trial though will continue as there are other witnesses and evidences to support the charges.
  • Ahuja, 36, has been charged with raping his 20-year-old domestic help at his Oshiwara residence on June 15 last year. The actor has pleaded not guilty to the charges and in fact said he was ready to face the trial.
  • Ahuja had denied the charges and taken a stand that at the most the act could be termed as a consensual sex but not rape.
  • In August last year, Oshiwara police filed a 109-line page chargesheet that included statement of the complainant, forensic reports and other documents.
  • Ahuja's bail was rejected by the trial court following which he moved the High Court which granted him liberty subject to condition that he would remain in Delhi to avoid coming in contact with witnesses.
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A woman who worked as domestic help for actor Shiney Ahuja has denied in court that the actor raped her.

The 18-year-old says her aunt bullied her into  accusing Ahuja of rape in June, 2009.   In her police complaint, she said  Ahuja  dragged her to the bedroom and forced himself upon her. 

The police says that the domestic help's latest statement contradicts what investigations have revealed. A preliminary medical check-up  hours after the alleged rape showed she had been sexually violated.  A detailed medical report from Nagpada Hospital showed injuries on her private parts.  And a  DNA test confirmed that the semen found on her matched Shiney's.

The actor spent three months in jail.  In his bail application, he said that if any sex he had, it was consensual.

The public prosecutor says that the domestic help has been declared a hostile witness, and the trial will continue. Medical reports and the statements of other witnesses will serve as evidence.

Ahuja's wife has argued consistently that the actor has been framed and that the rape case was an extortion attempt.

 
 
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