India, Sept. 26 -- A 39-year-old man from Malad was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly assaulting his live-in partner and forcing her to swallow a strip of crocin tablets, and attempting to strangle his live-in partner's three-year-old son with an electrical cord, following a domestic dispute.

According to the police, the accused, Siddharth Patel, and the 23-year-old complainant met last year, after she had parted ways with her husband. A month ago, the woman and her son moved into Patel's Malad flat on the condition that she completely cut off communication with her estranged husband.

However, she had been in touch with her ex-husband, who lives in Mira Road, to discuss matters related to their child. This, according to the police, an...