Samir Modi, the brother of fugitive businessman Lalit Modi, was on Thursday (September 18, 2025) arrested at the Delhi airport in connection with a 2019 rape case, police said.

“Samir, a businessman, was arrested at the airport upon his return from abroad today. He has been taken into custody after an FIR was registered against him at the New Friends Police Station under Indian Penal Code sections 376 (rape) and 506 (criminal intimidation),” the police said.

Meanwhile, Mr. Samir’s lawyer has claimed that the charges levelled against him are false and an attempt to extort money from him.

In a statement, Simran Singh of Sakura Advisory, counsel for Samir, said, “The complaint is based on false and concocted facts and the allegations have been made with the ulterior motive of extracting money from him.”

According to the FIR filed on September 10, the complainant accused the businessman of repeatedly raping, threatening her and cheating on her since 2019. Samir Modi allegedly approached her on the pretext of offering career opportunities in the fashion and lifestyle industry and later forced himself on her at his residence in New Friends Colony in December 2019.

The woman alleged that she was continuously harassed, assaulted and blackmailed under false promises of marriage despite knowing he was already married, the police said.

The complainant further claimed that she faced constant threats to her life and family if she revealed the abuse and that Samir used his influence to...

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