The Malad police on Friday booked a 65-year-old man for allegedly raping a 55-year-old woman on the pretext of marriage. The accused has been identified as Raamji Chheda, a resident of Ramchandra Lane in Malad West.

The police said the businessman has not yet been arrested as he has fallen ill. According to police sources, the woman is a widow, who used to live in Mumbai, and had moved to Pune to live with her brother. She started to work as a caretaker in the house of a senior citizen in Pune, but the person died, leaving her jobless.