An aspiring actress, a small-time TV actor and a musician were recently arrested in connection with the case where a web series maker was allegedly honey-trapped, abducted in his own car and Rs. 1.6 lakh extorted from him on March 10. The police are considering booking the web series maker on rape charges as the actress told doctors at a government hospital during a routine medical check-up that she had been raped by him after being called for an audition.
The 42-year-old maker told the police that he auditioned the 24-year-old actress on March 6 for a role, after which they got intimate. Her boyfriend called him up later and accused him of exploiting her and also threatened to file a complaint of rape against him.
On March 10, the maker was summoned to Ghatkopar in Bombay. He went in his car to the decided place. Four persons, including the actress, entered his car and while forcing him to drive at knife-point, they snatched his phone and transferred Rs. 1.4 lakh from his account, using a UPI-based payment app. They tried to transfer Rs. 4 lakh but succeeded in transferring Rs. 1.4 lakh. They also forced the web series maker to withdraw Rs. 20,000 from an ATM.
The accused do not have a previous criminal record.