- The 28-year-old complainant works at a hospital in Andheri, Mumbai
- The accused is a 27-year-old resident of Dongri in south Mumbai, a police officer said
- The woman filed an FIR on Thursday. No arrests have been made
A man was charged for allegedly sexually exploiting a doctor he met on a dating app, forcing her to undergo an abortion and also threatening to circulate her private photographs on social media, a Mumbai police officer said on Friday.
The 28-year-old complainant works in an Andheri-based hospital while the accused is a 27-year-old resident of Dongri in south Mumbai, the MIDC police station officer added.
"As per the complainant, she joined a dating app in 2023, where she came in contact with the accused. They engaged in consensual sex, during which the accused took her intimate photographs. In February this year, he forced her to undergo an abortion," the officer said.
"The accused later started avoiding the woman doctor, who found out he had got engaged to someone else. After realising that she had been cheated on the pretext of marriage, the woman filed an FIR on Thursday. No arrests have been made. Further probe is underway," the officer said.
The man has been charged under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for forcing abortion without consent, criminal intimidation and other offences, he added.
