Mumbai: Shopowner held for raping girl

MUMBAI: Police on Thursday arrested a man after an 18-year-old girl alleged that she was sedated and raped by him at his shop.

The accused had hired the girl to work at his shop.

Police force was deployed at the shop after the incident came to the light as there were concerns that it might trigger violence.

The incident occurred around 1pm.

Dinesh Jain, the accused, runs an automobile spare parts shop in Goregaon. He lives in Malad.

Police said that after the girl finished her chores at the shop, Jain invited her to join him for lunch. According to her complaint, Jain spiked her drink. After she lost consciousness, he raped her. When the girl regained consciousness, she realised what had happened. She decided to confide in her kin who helped her approach the police.

"The girl was taken to the Siddharth Hospital where she was examined and referred to another public hospital in the western suburbs. Meanwhile, a tempo belonging to Jain was found vandalised near a construction site at Goregaon," said a police officer.

Jain has been booked under section 376 of IPC for rape.

