Navi Mumbai ex-corporator rapes school teacher and films the act

After sexual assault, the accused also threatened to circulate video along with nude photographs of the survivor on social media platforms

A former corporator from Navi Mumbai was arrested on Saturday for allegedly raping a schoolteacher and then filming the act. The accused, identified as Ramashish Yadav from the Nationalist Congress Party, also threatened to leak the obscene video on social media. The 27-year-old survivor is a teacher at a school run by the Navi Mumbai municipality.

According to TOI, Manisha Kashid, sub-inspector of Rabale Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation stated that the survivor alleged that Yadav sexually assaulted her, filmed the act and also clicked nude photographs of the survivor back in 2017. In January 2019, the accused allegedly threatened to circulate the videos and pictures on social media. She finally mustered the courage and approached the police to file a complaint on Saturday.

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Nitin Gite, the Senior Inspector said, "Yadav's cell phone has been confiscated and it will be sent to the state forensic laboratory at Kalina to retrieve data. In case, the content is deleted, we will still try to gather evidence against him, and if successful, he will be charged under relevant sections of the IT Act as well." A magistrate's court in Vashi has sent Yadav to police custody till April 10. 

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