Juhu man arrested during wedding ceremony for rape

THE ACCUSED HAD LIVED WITH THE COMPLAINANT AND THE TWO WERE IN A RELATIONSHIP

MUMBAI: Juhu police on Friday arrested a 27-year-old man during his wedding ceremony at Madhubani, Bihar, for allegedly raping another woman.

According to the police, the accused, Mohitkumar Bale Ram, was absconding since August 2020 in connection with the rape case. On August 26, a 29-year-old woman filed a rape complaint against the accused, said senior inspector Shashikant Mane.

Mane added that the accused and the woman had been living together in an apartment in Juhu since June.

The survivor, in her statement, claimed that the accused who worked in a showroom befriended her and the two were in a relationship for three months. She said that the accused raped her under the pretext of marriage.

“As soon as the lockdown restrictions were lifted, the accused fled to his village,” said Mane. Following this, the woman approached Juhu police and filed a complaint of rape against him.

Police officers said that when they began tracing his phone, they noticed that the accused had been changing locations.

On Wednesday, a police team traced his phone to Madhubani, following which, the police arrested him. “After we reached, we saw that a wedding function was going on. On searching the place and showing his photo around, we noticed that the accused was dressed in the groom’s outfit and his wedding was underway,” said Mane.

After some resistance from locals, Juhu police arrested Ram and brought him to Mumbai on Thursday.