Thane man killed for rejecting proposal for marriage of his daughter

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An official on Friday said that a 46-year-old Thane man was killed allegedly by three persons over his opposition to an interfaith marriage proposal involving one of the accused and his daughter, reported news agency PTI.

According to police, accused Avinash Khairat harboured one-sided feelings for victim Zakir Miya Shaikh's daughter and had persistently sought her hand in marriage despite being rejected by the father, reported PTI.

The official told PTI that Khairat and two other persons stormed into Shaikh's home in Kalyan taluka during Eid festivities and fatally attacked the Thane man with sharp weapons and sticks and assaulted others present, including women, reported PTI.

A case of murder has been registered against the trio and a search is on to arrest them, the official added.

In another case, the Navi Mumbai police have registered a case against a 31-year-old man for allegedly befriending a woman through a matrimonial site and raping her, an official said on Thursday, reported 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, reported PTI.

According to the police, accused Shadab Munaf Ansari and the woman, who lives in Mumbra, became friends a few years ago, reported PTI.

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, reported PTI.

The woman approached the police after Ansari allegedly backtracked on his promise, the official said, reported PTI.

The Panvel town police on Wednesday registered a case against Ansari for rape under the Indian Penal Code and launched a probe, the official added.

Meanwhile, an official on Friday said that thieves broke into a temple and stole Rs 1 lakh from its donation box in Maharashtra's Thane district, reported PTI.

Three persons committed the theft at the Hanuman temple in the Mira Road area around 2.30 am on Wednesday, he said, reported PTI.

The priest called the police after he found the lock on the main door and the donation box broken in the morning, reported PTI.

The Naya Nagar police have registered a case and efforts are underway to nab the three captured on the temple's CCTV camera, he added.

(With inputs from PTI)