Mumbai, July 18: A man was arrested on the charges of rape and abetment of suicide after a woman was found dead and a suicide note recovered from her house here accused him of raping her on the pretext of marrying her, police said today.
The accused Gopi Raval, a driver by profession, was held from his Mira Road residence and a local court remanded him to one week in police custody, they said.
The 24-year-old victim, a resident of suburban Kandivali, left her house on Thursday morning but did not return home till evening. Then her father Dhiraj Barot lodged a missing person complaint with the Samata Nagar Police Station.
The next day, the victim was found dead in suburban Borivali near the railway tracks. The body was rushed to Vasai government hospital, police said.
–PTI