Medical report confirms rape of Brazilian girl

MUMBAI: Police, probing the sexual assault by a 52-year-old Cuffe Parade resident on a 19-year-old Brazilian, said on Friday that the medical report had confirmed rape.
The girl, on a year-long youth exchange programme, had lodged a complaint on May 20 against Padmakar Nandekar, district secretary of Rotary Club of Bombay Queen City, alleging that he had raped her after spiking her drinks.
The girl told police that in January, while being hosted at his house for six months, he had taken her to Kerala for blessings of some sadhus. She told police Nandekar had booked only one hotel room. A police team is likely to leave for Kerala, police said. “He had told the girl not to speak to his wife about their trip,” added a senior police officer.
A court extended the police custody of Nandekar, who used to be general secretary of Cuffe Parade Residents’ Association, till May 26.
Ashok Saraogi, Nandekar’s defence lawyer, said his client was falsely implicated.