An incident of rape and then the accused's suicide, within a span of an hour on Sunday, have left the Goregaon and Bangurnagar police completely confused. Just after failing in his attempt to rape a neighbour, 61-year-old Cyril Gouria escaped to the Inorbit Mall in Malad and jumped from the second floor. While the Goregaon cops were investigating the complaint filed by the victim, who is a doctor, the Bangurnagar cops got to know that the accused had committed suicide.

According to the police, the incident took place on Sunday morning when the victim was alone at home. The accused entered the flat on the pretext of getting some change. On realising that there was no one in the house, he grabbed her from behind and tried to rape her. When she resisted and started screaming for help, he hit her in the head with a hammer and escaped from the spot.