Massage therapist charged with sexual assault, criminal sexual contact involving five women in Somerset County
MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (Somerset County) — A 44-year-old massage therapist from Plainsboro has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting women while they were receiving massages at a business in Somerset County, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office.
Riyas Abdulkhaderkunju faces one count of second-degree sexual assault and five counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact following an investigation involving five alleged victims, Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald announced.
The investigation began June 26, 2026, at approximately 7:12 p.m., when Montgomery Township police responded to a 911 call reporting a sexual assault at a massage therapy establishment along Route 206 in the Skillman section of the township.
According to prosecutors, a woman reported that Abdulkhaderkunju, who was working as a massage therapist at the business, sexually assaulted her while she was receiving a massage.
Montgomery Township detectives interviewed the woman and began investigating the allegations.
During the investigation, detectives from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit and Montgomery Township Police Department identified and interviewed four additional women who reported being sexually assaulted by Abdulkhaderkunju while receiving massages at the same establishment, authorities said.
Abdulkhaderkunju was arrested Sept. 24 in Plainsboro and charged with one count of second-degree sexual assault and five counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact.
Following his arrest, he was processed and transported to the Somerset County Jail pending a detention hearing.
Prosecutors said Abdulkhaderkunju has since been released from custody. As a condition of his release, he is prohibited from having any contact with the alleged victims.
The Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office thanked the Plainsboro Police Department for assisting with the investigation.
Authorities are asking anyone with information about the case to contact the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit at 908-231-7100 or the Montgomery Township Police Department at 908-359-3222.
Anonymous tips can also be submitted online at SCPO.TIPS or by calling the Somerset County Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS (8477). Prosecutors said all tips will remain confidential.
