Were it not for her cries for help, a 28-year-old woman would have been killed by her boyfriend at Bandra Bandstand on Wednesday. When she refused to have sex with him, the man started to bang her head on the rocks and even tried to drown her. Her cries alerted others nearby who got hold of the man and handed him to the police.

According to police officers, Lubna Javed Sukte, a resident of Bhiwandi, is in a relationship with Akash Mukherjee, 22, from Kalyan. On Wednesday the two went to Bandstand around 5pm. They sat near the rocks by the sea. The police said it was Mukherjee’s birthday.