Bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja was arrested early Monday on rape charges after preliminary tests conducted on his domestic help confirmed sexual assault, a senior police official said.
Ahuja was detained for questioning by Mumbai's Oshiwara police on Sunday.
He will be produced before a magistrate's later today.
The 18-year-old domestic help had been working with Ahuja for the last one-and-a-half months. "She approached the Oshiwara police at around 7 pm and alleged that Ahuja had raped her," Deputy Commissioner of Police Niket Kaushik told PTI.
"He took me into his bedroom, gagged and raped me," the victim is believed to have said in the FIR. The incident took place between 3 pm and 5 pm on Sunday.
"This is a body blow to me. I spoke to a top police official who told me that he was informed by his juniors at Oshiwara that Shiny claimed that he had sex with the consent of the maid. However, she has claimed that she was forced into it.
The police officer added that they had to accept the woman's version. I had spoken to Shiny only yesterday. If he is found guilty of rape, we have to condemn him,'' Mahesh Bhatt, who produced Gangster for Shiny Ahuja was quoted as saying in The Times of India.
Ahuja is married and is known for his roles in films like Hazaroon Khwaishe Aishi and Gangster.
