A 51-year-old extras casting agent has been arrested by the Malvani police for allegedly raping a 17-year-old aspiring model after spiking her drink. The accused identified as Taukir Hassan Khan allegedly lured the victim to the city from north India in 2015 with the promise of a Bollywood break, claiming that he was a choreographer. He then raped her and later started blackmailing her with a video of the crime for nearly two years.

The accused was arrested from his home town in north India on Monday and has been booked under the IPC section of rape as well as the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. According to Times of India, he was produced before a special POCSO court in Dindoshi, where he was remanded to police custody till June 14, said Deepak Patangre, senior inspector of Malvani police station. The complainant’s lawyer Tripti Shetty said Taukir, who ran a small entertainment company called Dream Shelter, knew the girl’s family and asked them to send her to Mumbai as she was interested in acting. He told them he would help her get a break in films or TV serials.