Mumbai Police on Tuesday arrested a 23-year-old man from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar
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Mumbai Police on Tuesday arrested a 23-year-old man from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (earlier Aurangabad) for allegedly raping and extorting money from a woman whom he had met through a dating app, an official said, according to the PTI.
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The news agency reported, the police tracked down the accused by asking the complainant to keep talking to him on mobile phone, said sub-inspector Sachin Patil of Vakola police station.
The accused is a driver and a resident of Sambhajinagar, he said, as per the PTI.
A first information report (FIR) was registered against Sheikh under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 376 (rape), 384 (extortion) and 419 (punishment for cheating by personation) after a 24-year-old woman from the city lodged a complaint against him, the officer said.
As per the woman, she met Sheikh through a dating app and travelled to Sambhajinagar to meet him after he threatened to kill himself if she did not oblige.
During their meeting, he allegedly took her to a hotel and raped her.
He then started blackmailing her and forced her to pay for two mobile phones, the woman told police, according to the PTI.
The accused's mother also allegedly threatened her.
"We asked the complainant to keep talking with the accused on phone. Then we traced his location from the mobile phone data and nabbed him from a vegetable market in Sambhajinagar early today morning," PSI Patil said, the PTI reported on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, in an another incident in Thane, a 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by seven persons in Thane district of Maharashtra and four of the accused have been arrested, the police said on Tuesday, reported the PTI.
According to the news agency, the incident took place on October 2 in Bhiwandi town of the district and four of the accused were arrested on Monday night, they said.
One of the accused, who was known to the minor girl, called her near Kharbav railway station and raped her, said the police, adding he threatened the victim and warned of dire consequences if she disclosed about the incident to anyone.
After sometime, he called the girl again to the spot under some pretext and took her to a room near railway tracks, where six of his friends took turns to rape her, they said.
The police have launched a search for the three other accused wanted in the case, said an official.
(with PTI inputs)
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