Bollywood filmmaker sentenced for rape

Mahmood Farooqui

Bollywood filmmaker Mahmood Farooqui was sentenced Thursday to seven years in prison after being convicted of raping a 35-year-old American researcher. 

A New Delhi court found Farooqui guilty last week in India's first conviction for an oral sex rape, prosecution lawyer advocate Vrinda Grover said. Farooqui must also pay a 50,000-rupee ($747) fine.

The rape case that changed India

 

 

The victim was in India conducting research and was introduced to Farooqui through a mutual friend, Grover said. Farooqui invited the victim to his South Delhi home in March 2015 and then forced himself on her, Grover said.

 

"This case is an example that rape is not a class problem, and even rich and affluent people are indulged in such crime," she said.