Maharashtra: Man held for raping woman on pretext of showing home in Palghar

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A man was arrested for allegedly raping a 29-year-old married woman on the pretext of showing his home in the Nalasopara area of Palghar district, police officials told news agency ANI on Wednesday.

The accused also took some obscene photographs of the woman and based on that, he threatened the victim of making them viral and threatened to kill her husband as well, police said.

Following the victim's complaint, Achole Police registered a case against the accused, identified as Akash Vitthal Sankpal, under the Indian Penal Code and arrested him, reported ANI.

According to the police, the accused and the victim both are known to each other for the last three years and are neighbours as well. Taking advantage of the same, the accused called the victim on the pretext of showing his home and raped her multiple times, reported ANI.

The accused also took her obscene pictures and threatened her of making them viral and raped her. He also threatened to kill her husband.

Later, the woman narrated the ordeal to his husband after which the couple approached the police and filed a complaint. After registering a case, police arrested the accused and presented him before the court from where he was sent to Police custody, police officials told ANI.

Meanwhile, a 26-year-old man allegedly killed his neighbour following an argument, covered his body in a bedsheet and concealed it in the victim's house in the Dharavi area of central Mumbai, police told PTI on Monday.

The accused, James Paul Kanaran, who worked as a food delivery agent, has been arrested under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), an official from the Shahu Nagar police station told PTI.

The murder came to light on Sunday when some people in the neighbourhood went to collect maintenance charges from the victim's house and noticed a foul smell emanating from his home, he said.

The police were subsequently informed and the victim's decomposed body was found covered in a bedsheet in his own house, he said.

A probe revealed the victim had invited the accused for a drink in his house on Friday night and the latter allegedly attacked him following an argument, killing him on the spot, the official told PTI.

The accused roamed around casually in the neighbourhood after the crime and was nabbed after the police laid a trap, the official said.

(With inputs from ANI and PTI)