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Tuesday, 13th May 2014, 05:00 PM IST Ankit Tiwari, who rose to fame as a playback singer with ‘Aashiqui 2’, was arrested on charges of raping his former girlfriend. He will remain in judicial custody until 26 May, according to his lawyer. "The prosecution sought his police custody as they wanted to recover Tiwari's mobile phone and some clothes. However, Railway Mobile Court Magistrate S.C. Jadhav granted the judicial custody," lawyer Nagesh Mishra said. Tiwari was arrested on May 8th and was granted custody till May 12th, while his brother, who was also arrested, has secured bail. The brothers feel that this is a conspiracy by their professional rivals after Ankit achieved fame with the popular number ‘Sun Raha Hai Tu’ in ‘Aashiqui 2’. Tiwari’s family and lawyer Nagesh Mishra maintains that Ankit hasn’t met his girlfriend in over a year. Tiwari has been charged under Sections 376 (rape), 417 (cheating) and 493(cohabitation by a man deceitfully inducing a belief of lawful marriage) of the Indian Penal Code. |