Complainant’s wife was held last month from a mall in Vashi

A 36-year-old businessman from Sanpada, who was on the run after being accused of adultery, was arrested at a hotel in Pune on Sunday.

On June 15, a case was filed against the businessman after a mariner, who runs a marine academy in Vashi, accused him of having unnatural sex with his 38-year-old wife and fleeing after stealing with valuables worth ₹55 lakh from his house on April 19.

The woman, a physiotherapist, who had left the house with her seven-year-old daughter and nine-year-old son, was arrested at a mall in Vashi on July 5.

The mariner filed a complaint after retrieving 32 GB of deleted data, including photos and videos, from his wife’s phone, which showed the accused indulging in adultery and unnatural sex.

Woman gets bail

Vashi police registered the case after a magistrate court directed the Vashi court to file a FIR on the basis of the evidence. The accused’s plea for anticipatory bail in the case was rejected, but the woman was granted bail. The businessman has been remanded in police custody till August 17.

Sub Inspector Sarita Musale said the accused had met in a gym in Vashi. Ms. Musale said, “We have seized the businessman’s mobile phone and sent it for a forensic examination . We are investigating if other electronic devices were used in the crime.”

The accused were charged under Sections 377 (unnatural sex), 380 (theft in dwelling house), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code. The businessman has also been booked under Section 497 (adultery).