'ABCD 2' dancer arrested for gang-rape of mentally challenged girl

Mumbai, Jul 2: Remo D’Souza’s last release, ABCD 2 starring Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor has been talk of the town ever since the makers released the promo of the film. The film is making headlines yet again but for a terrible reason this time around. A back up dancer from the film, Nilesh Nirbhavane has been arrested for raping a 14 year old mentally challenged girl. Nilesh, a dancer by profession, was arrested by the Pant Nagar Police on June 26 when he confessed his crime.

An officer from the Pant Nagar Police station informed a leading daily that Nilesh had been raping the girl repeatedly for a month along with a friend. They would take the girl to public toilets or other isolated places and then rape her. Reportedly, the girl’s teacher observed that she had been behaving abnormally for some time. When the teacher questioned her, she (teacher) found out that the teenager was being abused sexually by three boys. She informed about the same to the girl’s parents who then filed a complaint at the Pant Nagar Police station on June 25.

The officer also informed that Nilesh’s two broken front teeth served as a major clue. So they called him in for questioning. After a little probe, Nilesh confessed to the crime and was booked under IPC sections 376D (gang rape), 377 (unnatural offences) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).

Though the victim had accused three people, the Police have only been able to confirm the involvement of two. While Nilesh has already been arrested, the other accused is on the run and Police is hunting for him.