"Paraskar's lawyer Rizwan Merchant met the victim's former lawyer Riwan Siddique....And offered to give money (for settlement)," chief public prosecutor Kalpana Chavan said.
However, both Merchant and Siddique told PTI that they did not discuss any such settlement.
Saying that Paraskar can influence the witnesses, advocate Chavan said he had made several calls to Siddique between June 18 and June 23. "Paraskar made 13 calls and sent 106 messages to Siddique while Merchant made 11 calls and sent three messages," she said, citing call data records.
Chavan also said lack of resistance on the part of the victim did not mean a consent to sexual intercourse. "The victim was not able to raise her voice, that does not mean she had consented," the prosecutor said.
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When the victim contacted the IPS officer about the case lodged by her, Paraskar, instead of calling her to his office, asked her to come to a place in Bandra, she pointed out.
The prosecution claimed the alleged rape of December 7 last year was a pre-meditated crime.