New Delhi: Himachal Pradesh Police have booked Haryana BJP chief Mohan Lal Badoli and singer Rocky Mittal aka Jai Bhagwan on charges of gangrape following a complaint lodged by a New Delhi resident.
The FIR, registered at Kasauli police station in Himachal’s Solan district on December 13, states that the alleged offence was committed on July 3, 2023 at Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation’s (HPTDC) Ros Common Hotel at Monkey Point Road, Kasauli.
The FIR, registered under sections 376D (gang rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of BNS, mentions detailed addresses and mobile phone numbers of both the accused.
Badoli has dismissed the “baseless” allegations.
“It is all baseless accusations. There is nothing like that. I have no clue what it is all about. Such FIRs can also be fudged. It could be due to the upcoming elections in Delhi that such fake FIRs are being circulated,” Badoli told The Indian Express.
The complainant has alleged that she was in Himachal Pradesh as a tourist along with her Delhi-based employer and a friend on July 3, 2023 when the incident allegedly occurred.
She claimed meeting the accused duo along with her friend.
“One of them identified himself as Mohan Lal Badoli, a senior politician, while the other identified himself as Rocky Mittal alias Jai Bhagwan, a singer,” the woman stated, adding that she and her friend were taken to their room for a conversation.
“Jai Bhagwan told me that he would sign me in his album as a heroine. Mohan Lal Badoli told me that he would get me a government job saying that he has very high-level connections. They started praising us. Then they offered us alcohol, which we refused,” she stated.
“Despite our refusal, they forcibly made us consume alcohol. After that, they started harassing me. I objected, after which they threatened (friend) with dire consequences and made her sit on a side and threatened me that he would get me killed if I did not adhere to his demands. After that, both of them took turns to rape me. They also clicked my nude pictures and a video,” the complainant further claimed.
“They threatened to make me disappear if I disclosed the matter to the police or anybody. We felt ashamed… About two months ago, they called us to Panchkula and threatened to implicate us in a false criminal case. After that, we managed to find Rocky Mittal’s address in Panchkula and Badoli’s address in Sonipat and their mobile phone numbers. I am requesting that justice should be given to me, and stern action should be taken against them. Also, my nude pictures and videos should be deleted from their mobile phone numbers,” she added.
