The 41-year-old accused, identified as Deepak Vibhakar Alhart, has now been arrested by the Chembur police. According to the cops, Alhart raped the woman repeatedly since October 2012, after they met through a common friend. Police Inspector Subhash Khanvilkar from Chembur police station said, “The woman was first raped in Panchgani, where the accused had invited her to attend celebrations of his 14-year-old son’s birthday.

She was hesitant, but the accused told her to think that she was already married to him, and forced her into sex. After the Panchgani incident, the woman conceived, after which Alhart forced her to undergo an abortion.” The woman, who used to live in a hostel in Mumbai, was thrown out of the accommodation after knowledge of her relationship became public. Alhart then offered to let her stay at his place, since his wife had left the house after a row. The pair soon started living together.