Lalit Modis brother, held in 2019 rape case; lawyer claims false case to extort cash

Samir Modi, the brother of fugitive businessman Lalit Modi, was on Thursday (September 18, 2025) arrested on the Delhi airport in reference to a 2019 rape case, police stated.

“Samir, a businessman, was arrested on the airport upon his return from overseas in the present day. He has been taken into custody after an FIR was registered in opposition to him on the New Friends Police Station beneath Indian Penal Code sections 376 (rape) and 506 (prison intimidation),” the police stated.

Meanwhile, Mr. Samir’s lawyer has claimed that the costs levelled in opposition to him are false and an try to extort cash from him.

In a press release, Simran Singh of Sakura Advisory, counsel for Samir, stated, “The grievance is predicated on false and concocted details and the allegations have been made with the ulterior motive of extracting cash from him.”

According to the FIR filed on September 10, the complainant accused the businessman of repeatedly raping, threatening her and dishonest on her since 2019. Samir Modi allegedly approached her on the pretext of providing profession alternatives within the trend and life-style trade and later pressured himself on her at his residence in New Friends Colony in December 2019.

The girl alleged that she was repeatedly harassed, assaulted and blackmailed beneath false guarantees of marriage regardless of realizing he was already married, the police stated.

The complainant additional claimed that she confronted fixed threats to her life and household if she revealed the abuse and that Samir used his affect to silence her by intimidation and false assurances, they added.

The police stated that additional investigation into this matter is ongoing.

According to Samir’s counsels, he was detained on the airport pursuant to an LOC (Lookout Circular) request made by the New Friends Colony police station.

He has been remanded to a one-day police custody by the courtroom.

“She claimed to be in a relationship with Samir Modi since 2019. On August 8 and 13, Samir Modi filed complaints earlier than numerous law enforcement officials for extortion and blackmail by the woman. These had been supported by the WhatsApp chats between them the place she requested for an quantity of ₹50 crore,” the assertion issued by Samir’s councils learn.

According to Samir Modi’s LinkedIn profile, he’s the Managing Director of Modi Enterprises and Founder of Modicare Foundation and Colorbar Cosmetics Private Limited.

His counsel stated it “is a transparent case of abuse of the provisions of regulation and in addition hasty acts of the police in making as arrest with out verifying the details”.

“We have full religion within the judiciary of our nation and companies who is not going to solely examine however instantly deliver closure to this matter. We ask that you simply respect the privateness of the household at this deeply delicate time till such matter is dropped at its logical conclusion by the judiciary,” learn the assertion.