Thane police have booked a 26-year-old man on charge of rape and for allegedly handing over the girl born out of this sexual assault to a Kerala based lawyer, said police.
The accused allegedly handed over the girl born out of rape to an advocate in Kerala immediately after her birth in 2015, said API BH Vanjare of Kapurbawdi police station under the Wagle Estate division.
The accused identified as one Roshan Pawar and the victim, both aged 23, were working with a builder in Rabodi locality of the city and it was in the year 2015 that he called her to his house and raped her for the first time, mentioned the complaint registered with the police.
Later he promised to marry her and repeatedly raped her. Towards the end of 2015 the victim delivered a girl child which he handed over to an advocate in Kerala despite opposition from the victim, the complaint lodged with the police yesterday, stated.
The complainant further stated that Pawar repeatedly threatened her that he would harm himself if she fails to give in to his demand of maintaining physical relations with him and raped her repeatedly till about last month, the complaint mentioned.
The victim has been hospitalised and her detailed statement would be recorded later, the official said.
Meanwhile, no arrest has been made in connection with the incident so far, the police added.
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