MUMBAI: A woman has lodged a complaint against Binoy Kodiyeri, son of CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, of sexual abuse and cheating. A native of Bihar, she has accused Binoy of sexually abusing her in the pretext of marriage. She has lodged the complaint at the Mumbai police.

The woman in her complaint has alleged that he sexually abused her promising to marry her and has an eight-year-old child from that relationship. She has claimed that he sexually abused her from 2009 to 2018. The 33-year-old woman had worked as a bar dancer in Dubai. She mentioned that he was a regular visitor in the bar and met him there and had promised to marry her if she leaves the job.

The FIR registered has mentioned that following the relationship she became pregnant and came to Mumbai in 2009. He had promised her parents to marry her. He took a flat for her at Andheri in 2010. He used to come home on a regular basis and had sent money every month. He tried to avoid her from 2015 and in 2018 she came to know that he was already married. He threatened her when she questioned it and this has been registered in the FIR as her statement.

A case has been registered against him on the basis of her complaint under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 376, 376 (2) (rape) 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 504 (intentional insult) and 506 (criminal intimidation).

However, Binoy has denied the allegations levelled against him. I know her but she is trying to intimidate me. Legal steps will be taken in Mumbai itself, he said.