Balesh Dhankhar, recognized as one of many founders of the Australia division of the `Overseas Friends of BJP`, has been convicted of drugging and raping 5 ladies he met by way of false employment ads, a media report mentioned. Dhankhar “cried” as a District Court jury in Sydney`s Downing Centre on Monday discovered him responsible of every of the 39 expenses in opposition to him, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. He confronted 13 expenses of rape, six of administering an intoxicating substance with intent to allow himself to rape, 17 of recording intimate movies with out consent, and three of indecent assault, making him one of many worst rapists in Sydney`s current historical past.
For these crimes dedicated between January and October 2018, Dhankhar had been making an attempt to “have his name suppressed” within the final 4 years. When police raided Dhankhar`s CBD condominium in October 2018, they discovered dozens of movies of him having intercourse with ladies who would both be unconscious, or struggling. The movies had been sorted into folders, every labelled with a Korean girl`s identify.
“Small drugged Korean f—ed webcam roleplay”, one video bookmarked on his pc was titled, the Herald reported. When Crown prosecutor Kate Nightingale identified in a trial this month that “You (Dhankhar) thought it was fun a watching Korean women who were unconscious, impaired”, Dhankhar replied: “It is just a porn video, it has nothing to do with the unconscious, impaired.”
The court docket was informed that he would put out advertisements searching for to rent Korean-English audio system and would typically meet the ladies at Sydney`s Hilton Hotel bar, up the highway from his condominium. Dhankhar gave the ladies — who had been alone, determined for work and new in Sydney — wine or ice-cream laced with sedatives. The sexual assaults had been recorded utilizing a digicam hidden in his bedside alarm clock and on Dhankhar`s telephone. According to The Herald, the jury “writhed” as they watched the movies, and at one stage when it grew to become insufferable, they requested Judge Michael King to ship them house early.
As the trial was underway, the Australia unit of the BJP mentioned that Dhankhar had resigned from the organisation in 2018. “Balesh Dhankar has resigned from OFBJP Australia in July 2018. We strongly condemn his actions and he must face full force of law,” the organisation had tweeted. Dhankhar, who was assigned a rising star barrister, offered his household`s property and properties to fund his authorized defence, the newspaper reported. He will face court docket once more in May and will probably be sentenced later within the 12 months.
