Rape-Accused Air India Pilot Akshat Sethi Boasted He Knew PM Modi Personally, Had Flown PM Many Times

MUMBAI: The alleged rape-accused Air India pilot Akshat Sethi who has been accused of raping a Tv actress on the pretext of marriage, had boasted to the victim that he knew Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally and had even flown the PM several times.

According to the complainant/victim Tv actress who has registered an FIR at the Oshiwara Police Station (FIR No. 24/2021) u/s 376 and 417, the accused had boasted on several occasions that he had flown several dignitaries including the former President of India Abdul Kalam, several Central Cabinet Ministers, PM Narendra Modi, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan and other VVIPs and knew them personally.

The victim told the police that Sethi said “you have absolutely no idea who I am. You do not know my contacts and connections and what I can do to you.” The accused allegedly threatened the victim with dire consequences if she pursued the matter or went to the cops.

The victim has admitted that initially she was impressed by looking at the photographs the accused had on his Instagram and Facebook timelines. “But then he tried to threaten me, using those photos as reference to show his connections,” she has alleged.

The accused met the victim on a matrimonial website and the victim claims he agreed to marry her. They used to speak on phone for several hours everyday and she was ‘sure’ the accused would marry her, she stated. “I did not know that his only intention was to have sex with me on the pretext of marriage and then dump me,” the complaint states.

He had also claimed that he had worked directly under the PM and the same can be seen on his Instagram post.

The pilot who is now absconding had threatened the victim that he had “very big connections” and he could ‘finish her’ if she tried to complain against him or even come to his house again. This incident allegedly took place about three days after the victim was raped at her own residence. She went to his home to accost him because after the ‘rape’ the accused pilot who had promised to marry the Tv actress victim began to ignore her.

On Thursday, the lawyer for the rape victim/complainant Adv A K Chauhan while speaking to media persons in Mumbai, alleged that the Oshiwara Police were going slow and were not keen on arresting the rape-accused Air India pilot Akshat Sethi.

An FIR was registered against the pilot after a popular Mumbai-based Tv actress and model filed a complaint against him.

There is no effort being made by the cops to track down the accused. It seems that the cops were only doing their job and registered the FIR as a matter of protocol. But now they are not interested in arresting the pilot.

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The pilot is roaming around freely without any fear of the law, Chauhan alleged.

As reported earlier, the rape-accused Air India pilot Akshat Sethi has given the Mumbai police a slip and has gone underground.

The pilot is absconding and the police are not able to trace him. I am going to submit a written complaint to the Zonal DCP and the Mumbai Police Commissioner, Chauhan told the press in Mumbai on Thursday.

He said he will meet the zonal DCP and the police commissioner on Friday in the case to request them to ensure that the victim gets justice.

The victim’s lawyer Adv A K Chauhan has demanded that the police issue a lookout notice against the accused Air India pilot Akshat Sethi who is absconding and untraceable.

The police registered FIR No 24 of 2021 for rape and cheating u/s 376 and 417, besides other sections of the IPC against the pilot.

When a police team visited his residence at Veera Desai Road at Andheri West, the pilot’s door was locked. Neighbors told the cops the pilot was not home since Sunday night.

The cops suspect he must have left Mumbai and gone to Bhopal where he has family and many friends.

The Air India pilot Akshat Sethi, a resident of Mumbai and native of Bhopal against whom a rape case has been registered in Mumbai, had promised the Tv actress (name cannot be disclosed in case of rape victims) to take her to Goa for their marriage.

According to sources, the pilot had told the actress that he has purchased a house on the outskirts of Panaji and was going to settle down for good in the coastal state.

It is rumored that the absconding pilot is close to several ruling right wing politicians at the Centre and the Mumbai police are under pressure from these right wing politicians not to arrest him.

He had told the victim/complainant model that he owns a sprawling bungalow near Panaji in Goa worth Rs 3 crore and also promised her that they will get married in Goa. Read the full story here.

During his earlier days, before joining Air India he had flown several top politicians from the ruling party at the Centre and is allegedly well-connected in right-wing political circles.