'Shiney, a nice man'

Tarapore Towers, a housing society in northwest Mumbai, is where actor Shiney Ahuja [ Images ] lives, where he is alleged to have raped a maid who worked in his home on Sunday afternoon.

Ahuja enjoys a good reputation among the complex's security staff. One security guard, who said he has known Ahuja for a year-and-a-half, acknowledged the actor was a "nice man."

The actor did not have a history of poor behaviour, the guard added. "He parties, but then everyone parties and drinks these days. But he has never come in a drunken state or created problems. I don't think he has committed any crime."

Another guard revealed that the maid came to work at 9 am and left at 6 pm. She would enter her name in the housing complex's security register, he added. On Sunday, the maid left at 5 pm.