Based on a complaint, the police arrested the accused, a resident of the Mira Road area, on Friday in connection with the assault that took place on June 29, an official said
The 23-year-old woman and her colleague, a fellow crew member, had returned to the city after a work trip to London on June 29. Representational Pic/File
An airhostess was allegedly raped by her colleague at his home in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Sunday, reported the PTI.
Based on a complaint, the police arrested the accused, a resident of the Mira Road area, on Friday in connection with the assault that took place on June 29, an official said.
An FIR has been registered under sections 64 (rape), 351(2) (criminal intimidation), and 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against the 25-year-old accused, said senior inspector Dhiraj Koli of the Navghar police station, according to the PTI.
He said that the 23-year-old woman and her colleague, a fellow crew member, had returned to the city after a work trip to London on June 29.
"Upon their return to Mumbai, the accused allegedly took the victim to his house, where he molested and raped her," the official said, as per the PTI.
Local police were probing the case further, he said.
Woman leaves home after fight with husband, raped in forest near Lonavala; accused held
Meanwhile, in an another incident, a 38-year-old man, accused of raping a woman in a forest on the outskirts of Lonavala, a hill station Pune district, has been arrested, two days after the crime, said a police officer on Friday, reported the PTI.
The 33-year-old victim, a resident of a village under Maval tehsil in Maharashtra, left her home in anger after having a quarrel with her husband on Tuesday afternoon (July 15), he said.
While it was raining heavily, an unidentified person intercepted the woman and took her to a secluded forest area, where he allegedly raped her, according to the officer.
Dinesh Tayde, senior inspector at the Lonavala Rural Police station, said upon receiving a complaint from the victim, a case was registered and multiple teams were formed to trace the suspect.
"Based on technical analysis, scanning of CCTV cameras in the area and human intelligence, police zeroed in on the accused, Balu Shirke," said the inspector.
Shirke, a resident of a village near victim's locality, was placed under arrest on Thursday (July 17), he informed, the news agency reported.
(with PTI inputs)
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