Fitness trainer arrested for abusing actress on pretext of marriage

MUMBAI: A fitness trainer was arrested for threatening and sexually abusing an actress. The accused Aditya Kapoor from Mumbai was arrested on the complaint of the 24-year-old who acted in many South Indian films.

The accused, who was a friend of the actress, raped her on the pretext of marriage and then threatened her with their private pictures, and abused her repeatedly after taking her to various places during 2021-2022.

Both met in 2021 and became close to each other. When the woman came to Aditya's house during the lockdown, he expressed his interest in marrying her and engaged in sexual intercourse. Later, when he met her in Goa, he sexually assaulted her. The actress moved to his apartment in January 2022 after being separated from her family. But as she could not bear his physical abuse, he returned home in March.

According to the complaint, he asked the actress to meet him in person on September 3 and threatened to kill her relative's daughter if she did not come. The complaint also states that the actress was taken to the hotel and harassed after she said that she is not interested in continuing the relationship.