Thane Crime: Man charged with raping 30-year-old woman on pretext of marriage in Dombivli

Navi Mumbai police have filed charges against a 31-year-old man for allegedly befriending a woman through a marriage agency and raping her.

After allegedly attacking the 30-year-old complainant on the pretext of marriage, the accused, who lives in Dombivli in Thane district of Maharashtra, broke off ties with her, according to the FIR.

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According to police, the accused Shadab Munaf Ansari and the woman, who lives in Mumbra, became friends a few years ago. The man promised to marry her and raped her in a hut in Panvel in Navi Mumbai and in a hotel in Dombivli, the woman alleged.

The woman approached the police after Ansari allegedly broke his promise, the official told news agency PTI. The Panvel city police on Wednesday filed a rape charge against Ansari under the Indian Penal Code and have launched an investigation, the official added.