(LIFE NEWS) – Police in India arrested a man on suspicion of rape and other crimes this week after a woman accused him of sexually abusing her and then forcing her to abort her unborn baby.
Mirror Now News reports a 26-year-old woman from Udhna, India, reported the man to Pandesara Police on Monday. Police said they arrested Hemachandra Dayma, 29, of Surat, Gujarat, and they are investigating the allegations further.
According to police, the woman said she met Dayma, a credit card salesman for a bank, about a year ago when he tried to sell her a credit card. Times of India reports the woman said the two began chatting after their first meeting, and later he began pressuring her to have a physical relationship with him. The woman, who is married and has a child, said Dayma took her to a hotel and raped her multiple times. A few weeks ago, she said she told him that she was pregnant, and he bought abortion drugs and forced her to take them, according to the report.