India: In a shocking incident, a 25-year-old man from Nallasopara in Maharashtra allegedly strangulated a woman with a shoelace at his residence because she refused to have sex with him.

The Maharashtra Police on Monday said accused Haridas Nirgude and victim Ankita More (20) became friends through social networking site ‘Facebook’.

Nirgude had called More to his house in Nallasopara on Sunday. After the victim reached there, he demanded sexual favours and as she refused it, the man killed her, an officer said, reports the Times Now.

The accused then threw the victim’s body. Locals alerted the police, following which officials reached the spot and took her body, the officer said. 

According to The Times of India, the girl’s body was found on the ground floor of Taniya Monarch building, Alkapuri, Nalasopara (east).

The accused was detained and he confessed the crime, the officer said, adding the process to arrest him was underway. Notably, this is not the first time people have used the social media to help plan out their crimes.

On Sunday, a 19-year-old woman filed a complaint with the Jammu and Kashmir Police, alleging rape by a youth from Himachal Pradesh in Jammu on the pretext of marriage after befriending her on Facebook.

A case of rape was registered against the accused, a resident of Kullu, and efforts are on to nab him, a police official had said on Sunday.

In her complaint, the woman has said that she had developed a friendship with the accused on Facebook about seven years ago and thereafter he lured her for marriage and made physical relations with her.

She claimed that the youth has now refused to marry her, the officer said, adding that they have begun the investigation.