Nagpur: A 34-year-old woman working as a sales executive with a renowned real estate company of the city has accused manager of the firm of sexually exploiting her between September 20, 2018 and February 25, 2019.
Preying on the helpless females co-workers, accused Chandrakant Balaram Ghodeswar (36), a resident of Plot. No. A 401, Hill-top Society, Wadi has victimised several girls working in the firm, the survivor alleged, adding owing to social stigma, none of the victim girls have come forward come to narrate their ordeal.
According to the rape survivor, it all started in 2018 when she joined Sachidanand Realities Company Private Limited, Trimurti Nagar as a sales executive. Ghodeswar, who still works as a Royal Manager with the firm proposed her, before luring her with the promise of salary hike and promotions. However, when the survivor refused to entertain him, Ghodeswar took her to a private resort on the pretext of office meeting and raped her after slipping sedatives in her drinks and captured the entire heinous incident in his camera, the victim alleged.
Ghodeswar then threatened her to make the video clip public if she disclosed the incident to anyone. At the same time he promised that he would marry her. As a result, she kept mum while Ghodeswar continued exploiting her on the regular basis.
However, by the end of February this year, Ghodeswar started avoiding her messages on phones and receiving her calls. Sensing something amiss, when the survivor approached his Wadi based house, the accused reportedly refused to meet her. Following which, she went to Jaripatka police and filed a complaint.
On the basis of the complaint, Jaripatka police have registered offences against Ghodeswar under sections 328, 376 (2), (K) of the Indian Penal Code and started investigations. It is reported that Ghodeswar is currently in Thailand on an official visit.
