A shocking complaint has been filed at the Sabarmati police station in Ahmedabad, alleging that the social media influencer Rajat Dalal kidnapped a man, avenging a reel he uploaded on his Instagram account.
Dalal is accused of abducting the 18-year-old victim, Dhyan Lodha, beating him up, taking him to a stable nearby, smearing his face with dung, forcing him to do sit-ups, and filming the entire incident.
He then took Lodha to an apartment in Godrej Garden City of Ahmedabad, forced him to clean the bathroom, and also allegedly urinated on his face.
Lodha is a resident of Sarvottamnagar Society in the Sabarmati area and is pursuing a BBA from a private college in Gandhinagar.
He regularly went to a gym named Saral Elanza in Chandkheda, where Dalal, a renowned social media personality, also visited. Lodha and others took selfies with him.
On June 1, Lodha posted a video on Instagram with the caption “Roz subha apna muh gym mein dikha kar mera din kharab karta hua mighty raju (rajat)”.
In response to this video, Dalal called Lodha on Instagram and obtained his address. He then drove to Lodha’s house with two other men in a car without a number plate, forcibly took him into the car, and beat him while driving him to a stable behind Pebble Bay Apartments in Chandkheda.
At the stable, Dalal smeared Lodha’s face with dung and filmed the incident. He then took Lodha to an apartment in Green Glades Society, located in Godrej Garden City.
There, he forced Lodha to clean the bathroom, filmed the incident, and urinated on his face.
When Lodha’s mother called, Dalal and his accomplices put him back in the car, took him to the society gate, and threatened Lodha’s mother that they would do worse if she complained to the police.