Vadodara: Police arrested a man for raping a model after posing himself as an official of the Gujarat Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) and chairman of Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City) and promising her a job Is. an official said here on Sunday. Accused thug Viraj Patel was arrested on Saturday, he said, adding that his real identity came to the fore when he was brought to a police station in Vadodara after an altercation with someone.
“The man was brought to the police station on Friday night, along with the model, after he had a fight with someone at a multiplex. The accused initially told the police that he was a CMO officer, who had come to watch a film. The woman. He also claimed that he was the president of GIFT City,” said AV Katkad, assistant commissioner of police.
When the police probed his identity, it was found that he had used a different surname on his PAN card, while there was no surname on his Aadhaar card.
During interrogation, Patel disclosed that he was neither working in the CMO nor was he the chairman of GIFT City.
Katkad said that after his real identity came to the fore, the Mumbai-based model claimed that he raped her on the pretext of offering her a job as the brand ambassador of Gift City and promised to marry her.
The ACP said that preliminary investigation revealed that he was a resident of Gandhinagar. Further investigation of the case has been handed over to the city crime branch. A case has been registered against the accused under sections 170 (pretending to hold a particular office as public servant), 417 (cheating), 467 (forgery) and 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code, the police officer said. Was.