20 June,2024 05:02 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
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The Navi Mumbai Police in Maharashtra have booked a 31-year-old man for allegedly befriending a woman through a matrimonial site and raping her, an official said on Thursday, reported the PTI.
According to the PTI, after allegedly assaulting the 30-year-old complainant on the pretext of marriage, the accused, a resident of Dombivli in Thane district severed ties with her, the official said citing the FIR.
The police said that the suspect who has been identified as Shadab Munaf Ansari and the woman, who lives in Mumbra, became friends a few years ago.
Promising to marry her, the man raped her at a lodge in Panvel of Navi Mumbai and in a hotel in Dombivli, the woman claimed.
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The woman approached the police after Ansari allegedly backtracked on his promise, the official said.
The Panvel town police in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday registered a case against Ansari for rape under the Indian Penal Code and launched a probe, the official added.
Man held for killing mother-in-law
Meanwhile, in an another incident in Palghar, a man was reportedly arrested in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Wednesday for allegedly killing his mother-in-law, police said, the PTI reported on Thursday.
According to the PTI, the suspect was identified as Prashant Khaire. His wife had left him and was living with her mother as he would allegedly often beat her and their children after getting drunk, said an official of Virar police station, the news agency reported.
The official said that at around 1 pm on Wednesday Prashant Khaire visited his mother-in-law Lakhmi's house and picked up a quarrel with her.
The suspects's wife was away at work at the time of the incident, the official said.
Prashant Khaire, during the argument got into a fight and allegedly stabbed Lakshmi several times. He then attempted to flee from the crime scene, but his son locked the house from outside and raised alarm. The police rushed to the spot and by the time the cops arrived, the woman was dead, the official said, the news agency reported.
Prashant Khaire was arrested under IPC section 302 (murder) and further probe was on, he added.
(with PTI inputs)
