Mumbai model accuses Hyderabad based casting agent of Rape

Mumbai: A Model here has accused a Casting Agent of Sexually Assaulting her on the pretext of giving her the much need debut in South Indian Films. According to the website News66.com,  the casting agent convinced her to travel to Hyderabad on the pretext of signing her for a Telugu film.

When she reached Hyderabad, he convinced her to share the same room with him and raped her, all the while trying to make it sound like it was the done thing and part and parcel of the “deal”.

In a post from her Facebook account, she narrated her ordeal and revealed the name of the accused as Firoz Vadgama.

According to her post, the accused  later  told her that she has been selected for the movie and she should go back to Mumbai and return only when the film goes on floor.  Later the casting agent conned her into having sexual relations with a so-called business tycoon from Hyderabad on the pretext of giving her contacts and connections in Bollywood in Mumbai. However, she later learnt from the businessman that the casting agent had demanded a few lakh rupees from him in exchange for the model’s services.

In her post, she asked all viewers to share her message so that other potential victims could be alerted.

NOTE: The identity of the Victim has been intentionally withheld to comply with extant Indian laws. Additionally, we have verified the Model’s Facebook post before publishing the story. Any image used in this article are thematic and have no resemblance to the identity of victim. News66.com has also taken the permission from model to publish the story. 

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