Man enters Mumbai flat to ‘bless’ childless woman, rapes her
In Mumbai, a 30-year-old man named Anil Shinde entered a woman's residence, dressed as a woman, and falsely claimed to be a transgender. The woman, married for four to five years, and without children, had agreed to allow Shinde to perform a ritual to bless her with a child. Upon entering her home, Shinde touched her head, then inappropriately touched and sexually assaulted the woman before demanding Rs 2,000.
He left after taking the money. The woman later informed her husband, who alerted the police. Shinde was arrested later that night after being traced from an autorickshaw. Police found CCTV footage of the incident and established Shinde was not transgender. He is now in police custody while investigators look into potential similar incidents.
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