Court orders FIR against complainant in Samir Modi case, flags extortion angle

New Delhi: A south Delhi court has directed the police to register a first information report (FIR) against the complainant who accused businessman Samir Modi of rape in September, noting that allegations of extortion made prior to the rape complaint were overlooked.

Modi had approached the court, stating that the police failed to take cognisance of complaints he lodged in August in which he claimed he was in an intimate relationship with the woman and that she had attempted to extort money from him.

He alleged that she carried out her threats by filing a rape case against him on September 10.


The court has now ordered registration of an FIR to probe the extortion allegations.

The woman who accused Modi of rape was employed with Godfrey Phillips India as an executive assistant to the chief executive officer of its 24Seven retail chain.

She has alleged that Modi subjected her to physical exploitation and rape since 2019.

Delhi Police arrested Modi on September 18 after an FIR was registered against him on the rape charges.

Modi is a promoter of Godfrey Phillips India and is engaged in a legal battle with his mother, Bina Modi, over control of the company. He has alleged that his mother violated the terms governing distribution of the family inheritance. He was removed from the board of the tobacco maker last year amid a bitter family feud.

Modi was granted bail in the rape case on September 25.