MUMBAI: An offence has been registered against two men from Nagpur on the charge of raping an aspiring actress under the pretext of giving her a role in a TV serial.
The police have also booked a Mumbai-based woman under the charges of abetment, who had lured the complainant (28) for the role and brought her to Pune. The actress said the trio assaulted her with a beer bottle when she had objected to the duo’s advances on February 9 in a hotel room in Vimannagar.

The actress said in her complaint that she went to Mumbai as they had threatened to kill her. After getting medical treatment, she lodged an FIR on March 14. The actress said she met the woman in January in a mall in Mumbai. The woman told the complainant that she would help her bag a role in a serial. 'She had told the complainant that she knew a producer and director. The woman told the complainant that the duo were in Pune and that she should meet them,' an officer said.
On February 8, the officer said, the two women came to Pune and stayed in the hotel. The complainant shared the room with the woman. 'The same day, the two men posing as producer and director interviewed the complainant and assured her a role in a serial,' the officer said.
Later, the duo came to the complainant’s room where they drank beer with the suspected woman, the officer said. 'The woman said the duo demanded favours from her for the role. When she denied their offer, all three assaulted her,' he said.

Credits: TOI