A 21-year-old man arrested on charges of raping a minor girl in Malwani last week allegedly tried to commit suicide in the Borivli lockup late on Monday night. According to the police, Afzal Mehboob Shaikh was rushed to Dr Babasaheb Shatabdi Hospital and is stable.

Police said Shaikh was arrested by the Malwani police for the kidnap and rape of a minor girl and was booked under charges of the POCSO Act. He was then produced in court and remanded to police custody in Borivli. He was kept in the lockup on the fourth floor with four more accused.