MUMBAI: A 23-year-old Nalasopara woman, who left home with her two-year-old daughter for Kanpur early this month, claimed she had been confined and raped by two men who had promised her a role in a television serial.

After three days, she managed to escape to Delhi where she lodged a complaint. The case has been transferred to Nalasopara police , who have arrested one of the suspects.

The police said Manish Vajpayee and Sandeep Kumar had offered the victim a break in a television serial and advertisements. They asked her to travel to Kanpur with them and promised to pay her Rs 50,000 per episode.

On January 8, the victim, along with her daughter, left for Kanpur, without informing her husband. She claimed that the men took them to an unidentified flat and held them captive. She also claimed that Vajpayee and Kumar raped her for three days.

On January 12, the victim, along with her child, managed to escape and catch a train to New Delhi. There she registered a complaint with the Pahadganj police station. The police informed her husband, who reached Delhi, and their Nalasopara counterparts. On Tuesday, the Nalasopara police arrested Vajpayee. He and Kumar have been charged under sections 363 (kidnapping), 376 (rape), 377 (unnatural sex), 366 (procreation of minor girl), 342 (wrongful confinement) of the Indian Penal Code. Kumar is absconding.

