Mumbai Advocate Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh arrested for allegedly raping Client’s daughter twice

Mumbai: Mumbai-based advocate Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh was arrested on Saturday following allegations of rape, unnatural sex, and criminal intimidation made by his client's daughter.

Andheri-based advocate Ali Kaashif Khan Deshmukh, who represented a model in the October 2021 Cordelia drugs bust case, was taken into custody by Navi Mumbai’s Rabale police on charges of rape, unnatural sex, and criminal intimidation. The police stated that the advocate was acquainted with the complainant as he was handling her mother's divorce case.

The advocate was produced before the holiday court on Sunday, which remanded him to police custody for three days. The arrest followed a complaint lodged on Saturday by a 29-year-old Navi Mumbai resident, who alleged that the advocate had raped her twice.

The first alleged incident occurred on January 8 when the complainant claimed she was raped in the advocate’s car after he spiked her cold drink. The crime purportedly took place between 11.40 am on January 8 and 2 am on January 9. The second alleged rape took place at the advocate’s Santa Cruz residence on March 5. The complainant also claimed that both rapes were filmed using a spy camera.

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The advocate became acquainted with the complainant while representing her mother in a divorce case. During this time, he allegedly learned about the complainant and her mother's connection to a senior politician in Navi Mumbai. The advocate is accused of attempting to coerce the complainant into collaborating with him to extort money from the politician. “When she didn’t relent, he decided to rape her. The complainant was coaxed to come out of her house to discuss the divorce case, was taken by car to a secluded spot, and raped,” said an investigating officer. “The advocate forced her to file a false rape case against the politician and threatened to make the video recording viral if she didn’t.”

The advocate is alleged to have already extorted ₹2.70 crore from the politician in the false rape case. According to the complainant, the second rape occurred when the advocate asked her to come to his residence on March 5 to divide the extortion amount. He warned her that if she refused, he would make the rape video public. "We have registered the case as alleged by the complainant, and accordingly, the accused has been arrested. Further investigations are on,” said deputy commissioner of police (Zone I) Pankaj Dahane.