Rape accused Abhishek Kasliwal will now be shifted to Arthur Road Jail
Identification Parade To Be Held Today
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: After 10 days in a police lock-up, Abhishek Kasliwal will now be shifted to Arthur Road jail. A metropolitan court on Tuesday sent Abhishek, who has been accused of raping a 52-year-old woman, to judicial custody until April 3. The 27-year-old son of Shree Ram Mills owner is alleged to have assaulted and raped the woman in the wee hours of March 12 in the mill compound at Worli after offering her a lift in the Kala Ghoda precinct. The victim had told the police that she had come to Mumbai from Vishakhapatnam in September 2005 to look for a job.
Abhishek, who appeared in court wearing a white shirt and blue jeans, replied to the magistrate’s queries calmly. When he was asked his name, he replied “Abhishek”. When the magistrate inquired if he had been harassed in police custody, he said “no”.
The magistrate then asked public prosecutor Dileep Mohite to start the proceedings. Mohite immediately sought judicial custody for Kasliwal. He also clarified that Kasliwal had spent only 10 out of the specified 14 days in police custody and that the prosecution reserved its rights to ask for the remaining four days of police custody. Abhishek’s lawyers did not oppose the prosecution’s plea. The request to shift him to a prison was granted. The prosecutor informed the court that the police would conduct an identification parade in jail on Wednesday when
Kasliwal would be paraded before three witnesses. The court was told by Mohite that reports on brain mapping and polygraph tests conducted on Abhishek at a laboratory in Bangalore were still awaited by the prosecution.
‘Why Did Abhishek Take Woman To The Mill?’
By Mateen Hafeez/TNN
Mumbai: Abhishek Kasliwal’s defence is built on the argument that his car had hit the woman and he had therefore offered to drop her off somewhere. Worli police have tried to
nail him on the rape charge by using this very statement: “If the woman was hit by your car, then why did you take her to Shree Ram Mills and not a nearby hospital?’’
Till now, the police have grilled Abhishek on the basis of statements given by the victim and the watchmen of Shree Ram Mills, Santosh Akaram Tawde and Nagraj Gutt.
According to Abhishek’s statement to the police, the injury on the woman’s arms was caused by his car, following which he offered her a lift. She told him she wanted to go to Mumbai Central. On reaching there, she said she wanted to go to the suburbs and began screaming. He said he tried to console her repeatedly and offered her white rum mixed with Coke. She drank some but started to cry again. He, therefore, drove his car to the mill compound and tried to console her again, but was unsuccessful. Then, he drove back to Colaba and dropped her off near the museum. Here, he said she demanded money and tried to blackmail him. So, he left her and sped away.
The police have grilled Abhishek on why he didn’t take the victim to a hospital. Abhishek’s version was compared with what the woman told the police in the FIR. According to her, she had asked Abhishek for money for medication and treatment, but he refused. Abhishek was questioned by a team, including senior inspector Ramakant Dhole, assistant inspector Chandrakant More, for six hours. “Whatever Abhishek said was not convincing. He didn’t have answer as to why he took the victim to Worli,’’ said police commissioner A N Roy.
The Times of India, March 22, 2006
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