Mumbai, December 15: The Mumbai police recently arrested a man for sexually assaulting, forcing unnatural intercourse and mentally torturing a 22-year-old girl since 2018. As per reports, the accused has been identified as Abdul Hamid Khan (31), a resident of Kurla's Kapadia Nagar area. Police officials said that Khan befriended the girl on social media in 2018 and promised to marry her.

According to a report in the Hindustan Times, the accused raped the woman multiple times promising to marry her. Cops also said that the accused forced the woman to have unnatural intercourse with him in a room in Mankhurd. "The victim got pregnant in 2019 and Khan forced her to take pills that led to a miscarriage," a police officer said. Navi Mumbai Shocker: Tortured by Husband and In-Laws, Woman Dies After Jumping off Building in Koparkhairane; Child Survives.

He further added, "The victim then started pressurizing him to marry her. He married her in court but did not take her home." In 2020, when the woman asked Khan to have a normal married life, he took her to to stay with him. The two stayed in the same room in Mankhurd where he had exploited her earlier.

However, Khan started torturing her physically and mentally and even forced her for unnatural sex. "The victim, in her statement, has also alleged that he tried to divorce her several times but she opposed him steadfastly. He also registered two cases of theft against her in order to intimidate her," the officer said. Mumbai Shocker: Drunk Man Rapes Wife, Inserts Plastic Object in Her Private Part in Mulund; Arrested for Unnatural Sex.

The incident came to light after the woman lodged a compliant against Khan earlier this month, post which Khan was arrested. The accused has been arrested for rape, forcing unnatural intercourse, cheating, causing hurt by means of poison, assault among other under the Indian Penal Code. Senior police inspector Mahadev Koli, Mankhurd police station said, "We are verifying the claims that the victim has made in her complaint."

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