The gang-rape case, based on the complaint by a 36-year-old saying he was sodomised by five men in Vashi, may just be an elaborate tale to cover up a sexual experiment gone grievously wrong. The police say that there is no proof that points to rape, sexual assault or physical force of any kind.

In fact, CCTV camera footage shows that the 'crime' did not even take place in Sagar Vihar (Sector 8) as claimed by the Turbhe professional; instead, it shows him getting on a motorbike with another man and riding away. They are later seen in the vicinity of Inorbit Mall near Vashi station.

The man had said he was accosted and sodomised by a gang while he stopped for a smoke at Sagar Vihar after work on September 23. He said they inserted shards of coconut shell into his anus, and he had to be helped by passersby to a hospital for life-saving surgeries.

However, police say that data collected by tracking his location through his mobile phone shows that he was at Sagar Vihar only a few minutes. The medical report from the hospital also says there are no signs of rape or force.

"It looks like a sexual experiment gone wrong," said Senior Inspector Anil Deshmukh of Vashi police station. "Someone, with the man's consent, inserted coconut shells shoved into a condom into his private parts. They did not anticipate the grievous injuries this could cause and that's why the man rushed to the hospital. The doctors were obligated, under law, to report the matter to the police and we suspect the man quickly made up a story about a gang rape to cover his embarrassment."

Rubbished CCTV footage shows the ‘victim’ and another man going on a bike to the area near Inorbit mall No medical evidence points to force or sexual assault. Coconut shards were inside a condom

The investigating officer says they know the whereabouts of his partner and are waiting for the man to get discharged to arrest his partner. "The victim said the incident took place on September 23, but even that is false," said the officer.

The leads from this case may help the police solve another one: the assumed suicide of a 25-year-old near Vashi's Inorbit Mall in July. They think his death was accidental, caused by an extreme fetish. The man was found with a sharp object in his neck that choked him to death.

Police now suspect it was a case of 'kleptophagia' gone wrong. Kleptophagia is the fetish of swallowing various objects whole. Police say the wild overgrowth in an unmaintained public garden in Vashi sector 30, near Inorbit Mall, is frequented by men prone to fetishes and sexual experimentation. "The man who died in July passed away while trying to satisfy himself," said Inspector Deshmukh.