• Man kills live-in partner after she files rape complaint against him, arrested

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    Man kills live-in partner after she files rape complaint against him, arrested
    The woman had refused to withdraw the complaint, which is why the man killed her...

    Digital Desk: A 43-year-old man from the Palghar area of Maharashtra killed his live-in partner after she filed a rape complaint against him, reports emerged on Tuesday.

    According to the police officials, the crime occurred between August 9 and August 12. However, the 28-year-old woman's body has not yet been located.

    According to the Assistant Commissioner of Police for Vasai, Padmaja Bade, the suspect, who resides in Palghar's Vasai area, was taken into custody on Tuesday.

    According to a representative of the Naigaon police station, the woman's family reported her missing on August 14. They also stated that they believed the suspect had dumped the body in the nearby town of Vapi in Gujrat.

    According to a preliminary investigation, the accused man became angry as the woman had filed a rape complaint based on which a criminal case was registered against him, Ms Bade said.

    According to the official, the woman had refused to withdraw the complaint, which is why the man killed her.

    Following a complaint from the deceased's sister, the Naigaon police filed an FIR against the suspects on Monday under Indian Penal Code Sections 201 (causing the disappearance of evidence) and 302 (murder).

    The official stated without going through a case of abetment of suicide that was reported against him at another police station in the Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar police boundaries.