Navi Mumbai: Spurned man abducts woman's minor brother, held in hours

A man who allegedly kidnapped the 4-year-old brother of the woman who had rejected his advances and marriage proposal was held within five hours of committing the crime, Navi Mumbai police said on Saturday.

The 25-year-old accused and the 23-year-old woman he was stalking lived in Pendargaon and the former used to regularly approach her with love and marriage proposals, an official said.

''On July 7, he had gone to the victim's office in Taloja MIDC and had beaten her up after she refused to marry him. On Friday, the man kidnapped the woman's 4-year-old brother, and after a police complaint was filed, we managed to nab the man from Bhiwandi five hours later after teams checked Kalyan, Kurla and CSMT etc,'' said Deputy Commissioner of Police Suresh Mengde of Zone-I (Vashi) from Navi Mumbai.

A Taloja police station official identified the accused as Majirul Masuruddin Haque.

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