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Kalyan: The Maharashtra Police has booked a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator of the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) for allegedly repeatedly raping a 27-year-old woman from Thane.

The Vartak Nagar Police in Thane booked Gaikwad under Section 376 (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation).

As per the woman, Gaikwad raped her on different occasions by promising marriage. She further alleged that the corporator for Gauripada area in Kalyan (West) concealed his marital status from her.

In another shocking allegation, the woman claims that when she threatened to approach the police, Gaikwad got a video of the act made with the help of Nationalist Congress Party women's wing chief for Kalyan Ashwini Dhumal and her husband Manoj. The BJP corporator then blackmailed me, alleges the woman.

Talking to The Times of India, Gaikwad refuted the allegations. "The rape allegation is false. She demanded Rs 10 lakh, failing which she threatened to frame me in a rape case," said the corporator.

She also accused Gaikwad of blackmailing her by recording the act with the help of Ashwini and Manoj, said the police.

As per TOI, the woman met the Thane police chief on Wednesday to lodge a complaint. Gaikwad also filed a complaint against her.

The woman said she first had an interaction with Gaikwad on a social networking site in June. He then took her to a lodge at Titwala on June 07 where he raped her after promising marriage. She further alleged that he also raped her at a resort on June 16, reported TOI.

"I learnt he was married when I took a call on his phone and a woman identified herself as his wife," she said. When I confronted him, Gaikwad said he would divorce his wife, added the woman.

She further alleged that Ashwini invited her home to sort out the matter, however, Gaikwad raped her while the couple shot the act on video.

No arrest has been made so far in the case and further investigation is on.