The person accused of raping a French girl in Rajasthan’s Udaipur metropolis is an worker of a expertise acquisition firm that hires actors primarily for advert shoots however has additionally been concerned in some Bollywood initiatives, the police have stated. He was arrested in Chittorgarh Wednesday.
Siddharth Ojha, 30, has been absconding because the incident on June 22. Initially from Chittorgarh, the suspect ran a expertise acquisition company known as ‘Casting Name’ in Udaipur and employed actors for advert shoots within the metropolis, police stated.
The survivor, police stated, had been dwelling in Delhi for a while and had been concerned in a number of modelling initiatives. She was allegedly in Udaipur for an advert shoot.
“Siddharth met the French girl on the evening of the crime, when some crew members had gone to a restaurant. He someway cajoled her to go on an extended drive. From there, he forcibly took her to his rented home and raped her, in accordance with the girl’s criticism. We’ve got arrested the accused and can produce him in court docket Thursday,” Udaipur Superintendent Yogesh Goyal instructed The Indian Categorical.
In keeping with sources, the suspect solid bit-part actors in a number of initiatives, together with Bollywood motion pictures such because the Salman Khan-starrer ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ (2015) and Akshay Kumar’s ‘Khel-Khel Mein’ (2024).
The survivor was admitted to a non-public hospital and is said to be steady. In her criticism, primarily based on which the FIR was registered on June 24, she alleged: “I arrived in Udaipur by bus from Delhi. I used to be there for leisure. At evening, my mates and I went for dinner. A bit later within the night, a person got here to our desk. He proposed we go exterior for a smoke, after which took me on a drive”.
She goes on to allege: “I requested him a number of occasions to go dwelling (to my resort), however as a substitute he drove me to his residence. There, he began to ask me for a hug, which I refused. My cellphone was off. I requested a number of occasions to recharge my cellphone, however he didn’t give me a cable, so I couldn’t discover the tackle of my resort. Then he hugged me and began to the touch me, whereas I used to be saying ‘no’ clearly… I began to cry, and he raped me. I used to be crying all alongside. When he was accomplished, I begged him to take me dwelling. He began by saying no, however ultimately he drove me again round 6 am”.