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A man who married a 22-year-old woman and later spurned her as she belonged to a ‘lower caste’, has been booked for allegedly raping her, the police said on Thursday, 27 September.
The accused, Swapnil Mali from Saravati in Bhiwandi, was booked by the district rural police on Wednesday, an official said.
“As per the complaint filed by the woman from Achole in Nalasopara, Mali had befriended her on a social media platform and married her at a court in Bandra months later,” Palghar Police Spokesperson Hemant Katkar said.
A case was registered against Mali at Arnala police station and he was booked under Sections 376 (rape) and 420 (cheating) of the IPC and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the official added.
Further, investigation in the case is underway, Katkar affirmed.
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