Mumbai man promises to marry woman, rapes her, arrested
Mumbai man promises to marry woman, rapes her, arrested
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Mumbai The Mulund police on Saturday arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly raping a woman on the pretext of marriage and cheating her of ₹7 lakh. The accused had promised to marry the victim. The accused and the victim used to work in the same office. The accused was identified as Nitin Shamrao Zende. The 38-year-old accused is allegedly married.

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After the accused identified as Nitin Shamrao Zende and the victim started talking, the latter told him that she was divorced. The victim used to have constant differences with her in-laws and her ex-husband. The accused was also aware of the fact that the victim was a single mother. The accused was produced in court on Sunday and remanded in police custody.

According to police, Zende, who was married, promised the complainant that he would marry her. He then raped her on multiple occasions and also demanded ₹10 lakh to get married. The woman paid him ₹7 lakh. He then started avoiding the topic of marriage and eventually, started ignoring her. “We are investigating on what pretext exactly he made the demand for the cash,” the officer said.

Earlier, a man raped a 21-year-old woman after promising to marry her. The accused allegedly became friends on the social networking website Facebook. After befriending the woman and talking to her for about a year, the accused allegedly proposed to the victim. The accused allegedly asked the victim to meet him at a hotel in the Daria village. After raping the victim at the hotel, the accused allegedly stopped taking the victim's calls and later refused to marry her. 

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