Bhojpuri actor Shayam Charan Yadav held for raping a Pakistani actress

Mumbai: The Mira Road police arrested Bhojpuri producer and actor Shayam Charan Yadav early on Friday morning for allegedly raping a Pakistani actress.

The 42-year-old actress lodged a police complaint in Kanakiya Road police station late on Thursday night against Yadav.

The complainant, in her statement, told the police that Yadav had also cheated her.

Later, the police arrested Yadav at his residence in Jogeshwari under sections 376 (rape), 417 and 420 (cheating), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code.

The police is searching for two more accused, identified as Bablu Rai and Tiger, who are absconding. The actress has claimed that the men, who are residents of Vapi, had cheated her.

According to police sources, the complainant and the accused were in touch since 2012.

When the complainant visited Mumbai for the first time that year, she met Yadav at a promotional event of a film and they became friends. Later, Yadav made a small-budget film Road to Revenge and the complainant and the accused acted in it. Later, Yadav allegedly lured the actress to make a film and “took” '35.80 lakh from her. However, the film never got completed. The complainant claims that she eventually realised that Yadav had cheated her and started for asking her money back.

According to the complainant, initially Yadav avoided her, but after some time he allegedly took the help of Bablu and Tiger to threaten her.

The actress in her statement also said Yadav had raped her at Sona Lodge in Mira Road in the past. She also claimed that she had physical relations with Yadav on seven occasions and she was forced into it every time.

The police said that it is probing the rape allegations. The actress was sent for a medical test and her reports are yet to come.

“The actress is married and has children,” said a police official from the Mira Road police station.