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God should not give such friends to anyone ever, says Mumbai man who lost Rs 96 lakh in sextortion case

Updated on: 14 August,2021 07:20 AM IST  |  Mumbai
Shirish Vaktania | mailbag@mid-day.com

Man narrates his nightmare after his own friend turned against him, pushing him to desperate thoughts, and leaving him deep in debt

God should not give such friends to anyone ever, says Mumbai man who lost Rs 96 lakh in sextortion case

The arrested accused, Aditya Waghela

The man cheated of lakhs of rupees by his ‘best friend,’ has narrated how harassed he felt when he was told there was a rape charge against him, and that the accused suggested that he die by suicide. The man has claimed he tried to kill himself twice. mid-day had reported in ‘Worli man forges rape FIR to dupe ‘best friend’ of lakhs,’ on August 13, how the accused, Aditya Rajnikant Waghela, used forged documents to make up false charges of rape and suicide abetment against the complainant.


To avoid arrest, the Naigaon resident took bank loans, surrendered his LIC policies and sold his flat. He paid the money to Waghela for anticipatory bail and to settle the case. The Worli police have nabbed Waghela. “Due to the sextortion racket in which I was framed, I ended up taking several loans now those who gave them are after my life for the money,” the complainant said.



Aditya Waghela used forged documents to frame the complainant
Aditya Waghela used forged documents to frame the complainant


The 41-year-old is a resident of Naigaon who earlier stayed at Worli. He works as an assistant manager in a shop in Mumbai. “God should not give such friends to anyone. I always helped Waghela and later we became best friends. In 2017 Waghela asked me about my savings, my property and my home. I shared the information with him as a friend but he used it to dupe me,” he said.

Waghela’s ‘advice’

“Later I told Waghela I didn’t have any money left to pay him for the case. He then told me to commit suicide. He said if I ended my life nobody would come to ask for money and the rape and suicide case would end. After Waghela told me this, I attempted suicide twice and tried to jump from a running train but was saved by people,” the harassed complainant Nate said.

He said they were false allegations against him but he feared being arrested as his career and reputation would be spoilt. “I tried to solve the issue and paid Waghela around Rs 96 lakh. I lost my house, my savings, LIC policies and now I am in debt. I took loans from people on high rates of interest and these are pending,” he said.

‘A simple man’

A relative of the complainant said, “He took a loan from me and said it was to pay the loan of his house. I thought he had sufficient money. When I asked him if there was a problem he revealed what had happened. He was spending entire days at railway stations and not going to office or his house for days. He is a simple man and now he is in debt.” 

2017
When the complainant shared his property details with accused

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