Ex-husband rapes wife over extramarital affair

A woman was allegedly raped at knifepoint by her ex-husband, who had taken her to a hotel on the pretext of talking to her.

The husband, Firoz Aziz Sheikh, has been arrested by police.

According to the complaint lodged at the Karanj police station, Firoz took his former wife, Rubina (name changed), to a hotel on Relief Road on Friday, saying he wanted to talk to her. But once they got to the hotel, he raped her thrice.

"Firoz met Rubina in a crowded market and started to talk to her," an officer from the Karanj police station, who did not want to be identified, said. "Firoz asked Rubina to accompany him to a hotel where they could talk in peace. He took her to Hotel Venus on Relief Road at 1pm and raped her thrice at knifepoint."

Following Rubina's complaint, Firoz was arrested on Friday night.

According to the police, Rubina had been married to a man from the Thakore community and had two children with him. But the marriage had not worked out and they had divorced. Rubina had then come in contact with Ismail Ayub Sheikh, her present husband and cousin of the accused.

Ismail and Rubina had liked each other, but Ismail did not want to marry her as he had been married in the past. According to the officer, Ismail told Rubina to marry his cousin, Firoz, who liked her. The duo also allegedly decided to continue their affair after the marriage.

The affair came to light when Ismail was caught meeting Rubina in Firoz's absence. That caused relations between the cousins to sour and Rubina divorced Firoz.

Later, Ismail had to marry Rubina after she lodged a complaint with the police that he was harassing her mentally and physically.