Wrestler arrested for raping kabbadi player

New Delhi: The Delhi police arrested a national level wrestler for posing as an official of Chattrasal stadium and raping a national level Kabbadi player on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Naresh Dahiya, was arrested after the police scanned CCTVs and technical surveillance of the stadium.

Dahiya, a native of Karala village, would train wrestlers at the Chhatarsaal stadium and at his akhada in the Shahbad Dairy area. His activities and movements during the day of the incident was found suspicious and he was detained for questioning. Later, he was arrested, the police said.

The accused is currently being interrogated about the case and has remained tight-lipped. The case had come to light on July 9, when the victim had registered her complaint at the Model Town police station, stating that she was raped by a man in his 30s posing as a stadium official.

The girl was allegedly lured into his room and given drinks laced with sedatives and raped by the accused. “The accused had picked the girl outside the stadium and lured her into his car on the pretext of taking her to his Rohini flat. He told her that he wanted to introduce her to his friends for some work,” said a police official. The victim had then told the police that she was unable to remember the details of the case as she claimed that she was given a drink laced with sedatives and became unconscious. The accused, after allegedly raping her, told her to not reveal the incident and threatened her with dire consequences, the police said.