Police have arrested a 38-year-old man after he allegedly tried to throw acid on a woman for turning down his proposal here in Maharashtra, an official said on Monday.

The accused, Mohammad Iqbal Sikandar Ansari, who worked as a mason in Bhiwandi town of Thane district, was in love with the 20-year-old woman, but she did not reciprocate his feelings, an official from Shanti Nagar police station said.