Police have arrested a 26-year-old man from Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district on the charge of raping a woman multiple times on the promise of marrying her, officials said on Tuesday.

The accused, Ashraf Afsar Chaudhary, was planning to flee to Dubai before being arrested, they said.

The arrest was made a couple of days back based on the complaint filed on July 2 by the 25-year-old woman from Kalyan, an official said on Tuesday.