FIR against man for raping woman on marriage pretext, forcing her to undergo abortion
Thane (PTI): The Navi Mumbai police have registered a case against a 35-year-old man for allegedly raping a woman on the pretext of marriage and forcing her to undergo an abortion, an official said on Friday.
The accused, a resident of Mumbra in Thane district, also hid the fact that he was already married and had two children, the 26-year-old woman said in her complaint.
Citing the first information report (FIR), the station house officer of APMC police station said that the man and woman, a resident of Bhandup area in Mumbai, got into a relationship in September 2022.
The woman alleged the man raped her on multiple occasions saying he would marry her and made her pregnant.
The accused allegedly forced her to abort the foetus saying his family won't accept her pregnancy before marriage. He also allegedly took Rs 2.5 lakh from her over a period of time.
Later, the man refused to return the money and threatened her with dire consequences if she insisted on it, the official said. The woman also learnt that the man was already married and had two kids. She then approached the police.
Based on her complaint, the APMC police on Thursday registered a case against the man for rape, causing miscarriage without the woman's consent and criminal intimidation under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), said the official, adding that no arrest has been made yet.
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World No. 1 Chakravarthy achieves career-best rating in ICC T20I bowler rankings
Dubai (PTI): India spinner Varun Chakravarthy on Wednesday consolidated his position at the top of the ICC Men's T20I Bowler Rankings, reaching a career-best rating following a stellar show in the ongoing T20 series against South Africa.
The 34-year-old Chakravarthy earned a new best rating of 818 points on the back of his third consecutive two-wicket haul in five-game home series.
The right-armer has six wickets across the first three matches of the series, with his spell of 2/11 from four economical overs in the most recent contest in Dharamsala proving pivotal in India's clinical seven-wicket triumph.
Chakravarthy (818 rating points) now holds a 119-point advantage over his closest rival in New Zealand seamer Jacob Duffy (699) in second-place, while also moveing inside the top 10 for the best rating of all-time for T20I bowlers.
Left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh also improved four places to 16th overall on the rankings for T20I bowlers on the back of his Player of the Match heroics against the Proteas in the third game.
For South Africa, Marco Jansen (up 14 spots to 25th), Lungi Ngidi (up 11 rungs to 44th) and Ottneil Baartman also improved, reaching 68th from outside the top 100.
Among T20I batters, India now boast two players inside the top five on the rankings, with Tilak Varma gaining two spots to move to fourth overall after a trio of decent innings against South Africa.
Teammate Abhishek Sharma maintains a decent buffer at the top, while South Africa duo Aiden Markram (up eight places to 29th) and Quinton de Kock (up 14 spots to 43rd) made good ground following some decent recent efforts.
Pakistan's Saim Ayub has a narrow lead at the top of the rankings for T20I all-rounders despite not playing any international matches across the last week, with India's Shivam Dube the big mover on this list as he improves two places to 16th.
