Virar man continues to harass woman, still out of police's clutches

The survivor changed her phone number three times but each time Jain got the new number. Pic/Hanif Patel; (right) Accused Dilip Jain had made over 65,000 calls to the complainant

The 45-year-old crazed stalker, Dilip Jain, who leaked intimate photographs of a Virar-based girl on social media, and a WhatsApp group after their failed relationship, is yet to be arrested and continues to harass her. The survivor told mid-day that Jain has now started to make at least 200 calls a day from a new number to her, after the police got his old number - from which he made 65,000 calls - blocked. However, the police claim the calls to her have stopped. The Virar police had previously also said the accused had gone underground after they sent him a show-cause notice for externment.

The survivor also said she has changed her contact number thrice, "yet Jain managed to get every new number." She has stopped stepping out of her house as Jain, in the past, threatened her with acid attack. "I don't know when the creep will stop following me…he has been making at least 200 calls per day. Though I have blocked this number too, he does not give up calling me. The calls show up in my blocked list," the survivor told mid-day.

mid-day report leads to police visit

After mid-day published a cover page story on September 13, a police officer visited her house to instill confidence in her family which is terrified by the crazy stalker, against whom seven FIRs and four non-cognisable offences are registered at Virar and Nalasopara police stations. "The police officer visited us on September 15 as I am scared to step out of my house. He assured us all help from the police and promised me that the accused will be arrested, but Jain has not stopped giving me non-stop calls," the woman said.

"I changed my mobile number thrice after the mess started, but Jain managed to get the new number. I don't know how my new number reaches him," she said. "Jain had made over 65,000 crazy calls to me from one of his numbers. After the report about this was published, he stopped calling me from that old number only to use a new number to harass me. I don't know how he has managed to procure so many mobile numbers," she said.

"I have started to get calls from his new number from September 16 and till date he has attempted to call me more than 1,000 times. Jain also used yet another number to call me. It seems he has no other work but to harass me and my family members," she added.

She further added that lewd messages on WhatsApp to her from unknown numbers have not stopped. "It is really embarrassing as unknown people have been asked by Jain on instagram to text me to know if I am available for sex work. I request senior police officers to please bail us out of this mess," she said.

Besides the survivor, her father is harassed by Jain's phone calls. "I am speechless…how many times I will have to visit the police station to seek help? The cops say that they are unable to trace his location but every minute we get calls from Jain. I am losing hope," he said.

‘Since cop's visits, calls have stopped'

Zonal DCP Prashant Waghunde said, "Twice a day the beat marshal goes to the complainant's building. Since the visits, the calls have stopped. As they don't receive any unknown calls, it is unclear whose calls they are. This morning PI Chougule spoke to the concerned woman. She has not received any messages. The court has been submitted an application to cancel the bail of the accused. Currently the complainant has not registered any new complaint."