GURGAON: A 23-year-old Spanish woman filed a police complaint on Saturday, accusing a Delhi-based filmmaker who she recently befriended of raping her after inviting her to a party at his bungalow in DLF-1.

Police said the woman is a student of software engineering and had come to India for a year-long internship with an Indian IT major. She had taken up accommodation in Gurgaon and was looking to shift homes when, on a Facebook group, she came across the suspect, a man police identified as Aanjaney. Investigators said he was 36 years old, worked in a production house making animation films, and is an original resident of Anand Vihar in Delhi but was currently living in Gurgaon.

Police arrested Aanjaney on Saturday. He was charged him under sections 376 (rape) and 342 (wrongful confinement) of the IPC at DLF-1 police station.

She said no to sex, he forced himself on her

In her complaint, filed with the help of a friend who acted as a translator, the Spanish woman said Aanjaney had invited her to his house in DLF-1for a party on June 14 and she had reached around 10.30pm. She told cops she trusted him enough to go to his place. “After a few hours we started kissing, and we went upstairs to his room. But I did not feel comfortable with the idea of having sex, so I asked him to stop. He then asked me to spend at least the night there, and I agreed,” she said in her complaint. She claimed she had fallen asleep but woken up a while later and found Aanjaney was still in the room and was masturbating looking at her.

“I felt very uncomfortable so I decided to return my house but he didn’t let me. I clearly said I was uncomfortable, I didn’t want to have sex but he forced me to stay and raped me. I had to go through the humiliation because I was afraid if I did not do what he asked, it would get worse. He closed the main door, threw my phone away, and forced himself on me,” she alleged.

Police said they were first informed about the alleged sexual assault through a phone call to the control room around 9am on Saturday. The Spanish woman came across Aanjaney only on June 12 during her house hunt, investigators said. They hit it off well, so when he called her to the party, she agreed.

“I saw a post from Aanjaney offering a room and we got in touch for that,” she said in her complaint.

Police said the she was taken for a medical test and her statement was subsequently recorded at a city court. Police said Aanjaney works in an Udyog Viharbased company. He was single and has been living in the DLF-1 bungalow, which they had rented, since January this year with three friends.

Ved Prakash, SHO of DLF-1 police station, said, “Altogether, five persons, including the accused and the Spanish woman, were present at the party. The accused invited two friends and one of his housemates. The housemate went to sleep some time later and the two friends went home. When everybody left, he took her to his room and raped her. On Saturday morning, the Spanish woman called a friend who stays in Sector 10, booked a cab and went to her place. They came back together to file the complaint.”

Karan Goyal, ACP (DLF), said the accused had admitted to his crime during questioning and would be taken to court for a decision on his custody.



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