Police have added charges under the SC/ST Atrocities Act against the accused who allegedly murdered a woman in Navi Mumbai`s Uran area, reported PTI citing officials on Wednesday.

The accused identified as Dawood Shaikh, was apprehended from Shahapur area of Gulbarga in neighbouring Karnataka on Tuesday morning. After being brought to Navi Mumbai on Tuesday, he has been kept in police custody in Belapur.