Man commits suicide in Thane by drinking poison after cops book him for rape of teen girl

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A 37-year-old man allegedly killed himself after he was booked for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in Thane district, police said on Monday.

Police said that the man allegedly killed himself by consuming shortly after he was booked, newswire PTI reported.

A case was registered against the man for rape and other sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on Saturday night in a village in Murbad taluka.

"The rape FIR was registered on Saturday night and a hunt was launched for the accused by the police. When he came to know that the police had registered a case and were looking for him, the accused rushed to the house of his friend and consumed poison. He died in a hospital," police inspector Pramod Babar said citing a preliminary investigation.

As per the FIR, the accused, whose name is withheld by the police, allegedly raped the teenage girl from his village repeatedly between January 18 and February 15 by threatening to circulate her private pictures. He had also threatened to kill the parents of the victim.

Further investigation is underway, a police official said.

Man booked for raping Navi Mumbai woman repeatedly over past two years

Meanwhile, a man was booked for allegedly raping a 25-year-old Navi Mumbai resident repeatedly after blackmailing her, a police official said on Monday.

The woman works with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, while the man is a resident of Ahmednagar, the Kamote police station official said.

"As per the complaint, the man and woman developed friendship, after which he raped her several times between October 2022 and January this year," he said.

"He exploited her by threatening to defame her. We registered a rape case on Saturday but are yet to arrest the accused," the official added. (With inputs from PTI)