New Delhi: The name of Rehnuma Bhati, the wife of Riyaz Bhati who is allegedly a close aide of Mumbai gangster Dawood Ibrahim, has cropped up in media reports ever since she filed a complaint at Santacruz police station last month.
She has made explosive allegations of rape and molestation against multiple prominent personalities, as per reports. People Bhati has named include cricketers Hardik Pandya and Munaf Patel, Indian National Congress politician and Vice President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Rajeev Shukla, and her own husband Riyaz. The complainant alleges the latter forced her into sex with famous men.
Reports also say authorities have not found any substantial evidence supporting her claims. She has accused her husband of giving her up for prostitution for over 15 years.
As per ANI, a First Information Report (FIR) in the case has not been registered. “The matter is under investigation ever since the complaint was registered by Rehnuma Bhati. But so far we have not found evidence with regard to the allegations,” ANI reported sources as saying.
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Bhati made the allegations in the midst of her husband’s name coming up in connection to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Devendra Fadnavis. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)’s Nawab Malik has accused Fadnavis of having links with Riyaz.
Riyaz Bhati is a suspected associate of Ibrahim, head of the crime syndicate D-Company and among the most wanted underworld names in India. Riyaz has a long criminal history, having previously been booked in cases of extortion, firing and forgery. He is presently on the run with police searching for him, women’s channel, shethepeople reported.
The Print, which claims to have accessed Bhati’s rape complaint, reports that Riyaz allegedly forced her to have sex with different men between 2011 and 2015. A cricketer and his friends “committed unnatural sexual activities under the influence of alcohol and drugs” against her, Bhati alleges. The complaint further mentions Bhati was made to dance naked and assaulted in the presence of a politician.
Bhati and her husband have two children together, whom he has allegedly threatened to kill if she didn’t comply with his sexual demands. He is allegedly also in possession of sensitive photos of Bhati and isn’t providing her with any financial aid, the report added.REhnum
