Mumbai-based fashion designer raped by 13 men in 25-day Dubai stay

A 27yearold fashion designer who was lured to Dubai with dreams of professional success was forced into prostitution and repeatedly raped over 25 days According to the police a Kharbased boutique owner took her to Dubai on the pretext of giving her a lucrative job but subsequently forced her into prostitutionAnjali who owns Memsaab boutique in Khar told Rosy that she also had a boutique with the same name in Dubai and that she was looking for an assistant manager for the same PicSatyajit DesaiThe Khar police have registered an FIR against Anjali Vinod Kumar Dey alias Agrawal a Kharbased boutique owner ldquoPolice have registered the FIR against Agrawal under section 406 criminal breach of trust and 420 cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property of IPC onlyThe complainantI am not satisfied with police action Irsquoll approach the court soonrdquo said Avinash Dubey the survivorrsquos lawyer Rosy name changed to protect identity a resident of Goregaon West is a manager in a top real estate firm She is also a diploma holder in fashion designing and harboured dreams of having a successful career in the fashion industryOn May 13 last year Rosy met a woman who identified herself as Anjali Agrawal through a friend Anjali runs a boutique called Memsaab in Khar West In their first meeting Anjali told her that she had a boutique with the same name in Dubai and that she was looking for an assistant manager for the same mdash someone who could manage exhibitions and the business in the city Anjali 50 promised Rosy a salary that she couldnrsquot refuse at Rs 4 lakh per monthRosy agreed and Anjali extracted Rs 10 lakh from her on the pretext of arranging for her a visa air tickets and accommodation ldquoThinking about a better future I paid Rs 10 lakh to Anjali after taking a loan from my unclersquo said Rosy On June 1 last year Rosy left for Dubai with Anjali After reaching Dubai airport Anjali confiscated Rosyrsquos passport saying that it had to be deposited at the reception of the hotel where they would occupy a suiteRosy was then confined in a 17th floor apartment On June 2 Anjali and other three women kept designer dresses and different kinds of alcohol in her room That evening four men barged into the apartment and started drinking Anjali introduced them as her friends who had come to have a good time Around 10 pm Anjali told an alarmed Rosy that one of her lsquofriendsrsquo liked her and was ready to pay 3000 Dirham for sexual favours Rosy objected furiously and a quarrel ensued Soon Anjali started assaulting herldquoAnjali told me she had been involved in the prostitution business for the past 25 years She claimed to have contacts in the Mumbai and Dubai police as well as with ministers She said that she would kill me if I dared to register a complaint against herrdquo said RosyOn June 3 yet another man raped her By June 27 11 more men had had forced themselves upon her at different times Anjali handed over her passport and on the same day Rosy rushed back to Mumbai After recovering from the trauma of her ordeal she contacted her lawyer Avinash Dubey Dubey took her to Khar police station and registered a complaint against Anjali AgrawalDubey said ldquoI have complained to Dubai police headquarters as well I have also written a letter to the hotel demanding CCTV footage and other detailsrdquo Police sources said Agrawal had two passports One of them bears the name Anjali Agrawal and the other says Anjali Vinod Kumar Dey Police have seized one of the passports ldquoI am very busy Call me laterrdquo said Rajendra Tendulkar investigation officer when asked to comment on the case