According to her complaint, Shantilal Solanki (50) who owns the agency once called her to his residence on pretext of giving her an advance salary.

“There, he spiked my drink, leaving me partially unconscious. Three people took turns to rape me that day and they video-taped the whole incident. When I regained consciousness, they showed me the video and threatened to kill my brother and mother if I didn’t do their bidding,” she said in the FIR

She identified the other two men as Vipul Thakkar and Bharat Darji, both are local businessmen. After the incident, she quit the job and tried to keep a distance from her alleged attackers. But she was allegedly convinced to take back the job by her relative Babbabhai. “He took me to Solanki’s residence and raped me once again,” she stated. “Again, the whole incident was videographed and used to blackmail me,” she alleges in the FIR.

Sangita alleged that Atul Thakkar, the leader of the Lohana community used the rape videos to blackmail her to act as an escort to businessmen. “There are over 35 other women who are exploited similarly and used as escorts for influential people,” the FIR reads.

According to Sangita’s complaint, there is a group of 65 builders and politicians in Naliya who lure women with promise of employment. These women are allegedly blackmailed into prostitution. The victim claimed that Atul Thakkar handled the entire operation from ‘white bungalow’.

Meanwhile the Kutch BJP President has taken a ‘negligence’ stance after a 24- year-old woman accused five of its members for blackmail and rape charges. An FIR registered recently by Sangita (name changed), of Naliya taluka in Kutch, states that the BJP leaders were among the 10 people who kidnapped, blackmailed and sexually exploited her on several occasions. The party’s district leadership has said that action will be taken against these members ‘if the accusations against them are proved’.

According to Ahmedabad Mirror report, these five active BJP members has been identified in the FIR are Shantilal Solanki, Vipul Thakkar, Ashwin Thakkar, Govind and Chetan Thakkar. The accused who are local builders and real estate agents in the region allegedly forced the woman to work as an escort to cater their clients with whom they wanted to strike business deals..

In her complaint Sangita’s stated that “The accused raped her and recorded it. Later, they used it to blackmail and sexually exploit her.” She also alleged that the accused promised to make her an active member of BJP and even gave her an identity card for a BJP training session.

All accused in Gujarat Escort business sex scam are absconding after police registered FIR against them.