Mumbai, May 10 (PTI) A sub-inspector, posted in naxal-affected Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, has been arrested for allegedly raping an airline employee, married to an Australian, here and later extorting money from her, police said today.
The accused Manoj Londe surrendered before police in Mumbai after he came to know about the FIR being registered against him by the 21-year-old woman, Additional Police Commissioner (Central Region) Vineet Agarwal said.
The sub-inspector was booked by Vinoba Bhave police in central Mumbai on the charges of rape and extortion, following a complaint filed by the victim on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.
According to the FIR, Londe threatened the woman of posting some of her video clips taken in compromising positions on Internet, police said.
"The accused was produced in a local court in Kurla which remanded him in police custody till May 14," Agarwal said.