Farooqui rape case: Prosecution concludes final arguments

Delhi Police today claimed in court that all evidence proved the guilt of film-maker Mahmood Farooqui in a case in which he is facing trial for allegedly raping an American researcher.
Concluding its final arguments before Additional Sessions Judge Sanjiv Jain, the police explained the reason for delay in lodging the FIR in the case, saying the woman had returned to the US on expiry of her research visa to be with her family.
Advocate Vrinda Grover, appearing for the complainant, submitted before the court that the 30-year-old US native had to wait for her research visa to get renewed so that she could return to India and lodge the FIR.

The court will begin hearing the defence counsel's final arguments in the case tomorrow.
Farooqui, whose interim bail was also extended till the next date of hearing, had earlier denied the allegations levelled against him.
The court had commenced hearing final arguments in the case on last week when the police had said the testimony of the alleged victim, who had trusted Farooqui and considered him a friend, nailed the accused.

The trial in the case had commenced on September 9 last year when the woman appeared in the court and recorded her statement.
The American woman, during in-camera proceedings, had alleged that Farooqui had raped her at his Sukhdev Vihar residence here on March 28 and later apologised to her in several e-mails exchanged between them. Farooqui had claimed he had been falsely implicated by her.

The court had started trial in the case after framing charges of rape under section 376 (rape) of IPC against him.
The police had on June 19 lodged an FIR against Farooqui on the complaint of the woman after which the 'Peepli Live' co-director was arrested.
On July 29, a charge sheet was filed against Farooqui alleging he had raped the research scholar from Columbia University at his house in south Delhi.