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Bhiwandi Gang-Rape Probe Intensifies As Farmhouse CCTV DVR Goes Missing
Police are investigating an alleged gang-rape at a private property in Bapgaon.
A 22-year-old married woman made the complaint.
She says she was taken there after asking Narendra Pawar for help with a dispute involving her husband.
She alleges that Pawar and Shailesh Patil assaulted her at the property.
Police discovered that the property’s CCTV recording device, called a DVR, was missing.
They are checking who removed it and when it disappeared.
Police are also looking for the two accused men and the property’s caretaker.
Pawar denies the allegations and says they are part of a conspiracy against him.
Police say the CCTV system’s DVR was missing from the Bapgaon property where the alleged assault occurred.
An FIR names former Kalyan West BJP MLA Narendra Pawar and dismissed police officer Shailesh Patil as accused.
The woman alleges Pawar and Patil sexually assaulted her after she was taken to the property over a dispute involving her husband.
Six police teams are searching for Pawar, Patil and caretaker Deva, who is also reportedly untraceable.
Pawar has denied the allegations, calling them false and part of a conspiracy to defame him.
- Who
- A 22-year-old married woman made the complaint; former Kalyan West BJP MLA Narendra Pawar and dismissed police personnel Shailesh Patil are named in the FIR.
- What
- Police are investigating an alleged gang-rape and the disappearance of a CCTV DVR from the property concerned.
- Where
- The alleged incident took place at a private property in Bapgaon, in Bhiwandi taluka, and the case was registered at Padgha police station.
- When
- The woman approached Congress corporator Kanchan Kulkarni on September 16; the article does not specify when the alleged assault occurred.
- Why
- Police are trying to determine what happened, whether the DVR was removed to obstruct access to potentially relevant footage, and who was present at the property.
Police investigation and complainant’s allegations
Narendra Pawar’s denial
Alleged assault
Police investigation and complainant’s allegations
The woman alleges that she was threatened with a weapon and sexually assaulted by Pawar, followed by an assault by Patil after Pawar left.
Narendra Pawar’s denial
Pawar denies the allegations and describes them as false and part of a conspiracy to defame him.
Missing CCTV DVR
Police investigation and complainant’s allegations
Police are investigating whether the DVR was removed before or after the alleged incident and whether its disappearance was intended to prevent access to relevant footage.
Narendra Pawar’s denial
The article does not report a specific response from Pawar or Patil about the missing DVR.
Key facts
- Location
- Private property in Bapgaon, Bhiwandi taluka
- Police station
- Padgha police station
- Complainant
- A 22-year-old married woman
- Named accused
- Narendra Pawar and Shailesh Patil
- Missing evidence
- CCTV Digital Video Recorder from the property
- Search operation
- Six police teams have been formed
- Other person being traced
- Property caretaker identified as Deva
- Legal provisions
- The FIR invokes provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita concerning gang rape, intimidation, weapon use and alleged destruction or removal of evidence
Sources
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