The Jogeshwari police on Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl on the pretext of marriage. In her complaint, the victim told the police that she was friends with the 21-year-old man since 2018. The victim said the accused promised to marry her and sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions.

According to a report in Hindustan Times, the accused refused to marry when the girl revealed that she was pregnant. Following which the victim approached the police and filed a case against the accused at Goregaon's Vanrai police station. However, the Vanrai police transferred the case to Jogeshwari police station.