The Malvani police on Thursday finally caught hold of a man notorious for cheating people in Gujarat, for raping a 45-year-old widow in Malvani under the pretext of marriage. The arrested accused arrested from Vadodara, identified as Bhupendra Jayant Kumar Vyas, 55, raped the woman in November 2018 after spiking her soft drink.

Police sources said the woman filed an FIR against him on January 9, alleging Vyas had raped her in a car after spiking her drink. The complainant is a widow who resides in Malvani and runs her own business. She came into contact with Vyas several months ago through her landlord, whom he knew. Vyas had promised to finance her business and subsequently marry her. She said Vyas seemed like a soft-hearted, god-fearing person with very high moral and spiritual values, qualities which according to the woman, proved to be helpful for him when it came to trapping people.