Thane: Man arrested for raping a woman after promising to marry her

Thane: A 28-year-old man was arrested from Jogeshwari in Mumbai for repeatedly raping a woman and forcing her to undergo abortion, a Thane police official said on Sunday.

Riyasat Ilyas Qureshi befriended the 24-year-old victim and raped her multiple times between February 2022 and January this year after promising to marry her, the Rabodi police station official said. “The accused, who is a tailor, refused to marry her following which she lodged a complaint,” he said.