Fearing rape plaint, Surat man kills lover

Surat: Acting on a tip off, detection of crime branch (DCB) of Surat police arrested Vinay Rai (38), a resident of Karang village in Mandvi taluka of Surat district on Sunday in connection with the gruesome murder of a woman in Maharashtra's Nandurbar district a few days ago.
According to police, Rai, who works in a factory in Karanj village near Mandvi, is a native of Khamhori village in Shivan district of Bihar.The accused is a married man and father of two children.
“On August 24, a woman was found brutally murdered near railway tracks in Nandurbar district. The victim’s throat was slit while the face too was cut up to cover identity and even the skin on the face was removed. Police in Nandurbar alerted Surat police after they found out that the accused and victim were both from Surat.
“After we detained Rai, he confessed to the crime and told the police that he had murdered Seeta Bhagat (23), a resident of Bihar, with whom he was having an affair for the past two years. He brought Seeta from Bihar to Surat 10 days ago and then came to know that Seeta had been in love with another man earlier against whom she had lodged a complaint of rape. She allegedly threatened Rai that if he will not marry her, she would lodge a complaint of rape against him too. So fearing rape complaint, he decided to eliminate her,” police said.
Rai took Seeta by train to Nandurbar and duo deboarded one stop before Nandurbar. He then took her to a remote location near the railway track where he brutally murdered her with a blade.
After committing the crime, Rai returned to Karanj village and started working.