Later, forced to undergo abortion…
On Friday, Mumbai police said, a 32-year-old woman was brutally raped by a man multiple times on the false promise of marriage and forced to undergo abortion.
Based on a complaint, the police on Thursday registered a case under sections 376(2)(n) (repeated rape on the same woman) and 313 (miscarriage without the consent of the mother) of the Indian Penal Code against the accused, an official said.
The victim is a resident of Kalamboli. She has alleged that the accused befriended her and promised to marry her. He allegedly raped the woman on multiple occasions in Pune, Airoli, Panvel, and Kalamboli, he said.
The accused impregnated the woman and forced her to undergo an abortion right away, the official said.
The case has been transferred to the Pune police, as the crime initially began there.
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