Navi Mumbai: A 34-year-old man, a software engineer residing in Kamothe, was arrested by Kharghar police after a police complaint was lodged by a 32-year-old married woman, also from Kamothe, on Thursday. She alleged that the accused forcibly established a sexual relationship with her after promising marriage, by taking her to different hotels, and later reneged on his marriage promise. The complainant also alleged that the accused impregnated her multiple times between June/July 2021 and Jan 2026 and, by physically assaulting and threatening her, forced her to undergo abortions every time by taking her to different hospitals. Sanjay Joshi, senior inspector of Kharghar, informed that the arrested accused was identified as Abhishek Singh, who is unmarried. He was produced before the Panvel sessions court on Thursday and was remanded to police custody until Feb 23.
Inspector Joshi said, “As of now, we did not invoke relevant BNS sections for forcible abortion by the accused, since we are yet to gather documentary evidence from the concerned hospitals where she underwent abortions to ascertain her allegations. The five-star hotel in Kharghar and other hotels where she claims that Singh took her and allegedly had a sexual relationship with her will be checked for collecting technical and documentary evidence. As of now, the accused Singh was booked under relevant sections of BNS that criminalises sexual intercourse obtained through deceitful means, such as a false promise of marriage, sexual harassment, voluntarily causing hurt, intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace, and criminal intimidation.”
