Man booked for raping woman in Navi Mumbai

Based on a complaint, a case under section 376 (rape) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code was registered on Friday against the 53-year-old accused, who has not been arrested, an official from the Panvel police station said.

The complainant has alleged that the accused called her to his house in the Mankhurd area of neighbouring Mumbai on the pretext of providing her financial help and raped her, he said.