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4 teens held for molestation of minor, sent to remand home

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July 23, 2017

Bengaluru, Jul 23: Four minor boys, including two school dropouts, were on Saturday taken into custody in connection the alleged molestation of a 13-year-old girl on July 10. They were booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and handed over to the remand home following a complaint filed by the girl's mother.rape

According to the complainant, the four boys, including two class IX students, had waylaid her daughter when she was en-route to her grandmother's house last Monday and assaulted her when she tried to resist.

Survivor identifies attackers

On Friday night, a special team detained the main accused, a 14-year-old boy who was hiding in a relative's house in Hubballi. The boy had reportedly proposed to the girl and attacked her after she refused to become his girlfriend, sources said. He had left for Hubballi after the girl's mother approached police.

"On Saturday, the girl identified the four accused and narrated what they did to her on July 10. Three of them had kicked her in abdomen when she refused to accept the proposal of their friend," police said.

They took her to graveyard

On July 10 evening, when the girl was walking back home from school, the four boys allegedly dragged her to a graveyard off the road. The 14-year-old boy proposed her and when she rejected, the trio started kicking her. The boy bit her on the cheek, saying no one should like her in future. When the girl raised an alarm, passersby rushed to her help. The boys had then fled. The girl, who did not reveal the incident to her family, was taken to a hospital on Thursday after she complained of abdomen pain. After the doctor found it to be medico legal case, it was referred to Ramamurthynagar police who registered a case after taking statement from the girl's mother.

Cases against minors

This is the second major case of minors from Bengaluru being involved in a congnizable offence in four months. With the arrest of the four, the number of minors being booked for heinous crimes this year rose to seven. In March, three class X students in Yelahanka, north-east Bengaluru, were arrested for allegedly stabbing their classmate to death over a trivial issue.

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February 11,2020

Mumbai, Feb 11: A 65-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her husband over debt and illness in suburban Powai here, police said on Tuesday.

The incident came to light when Sheela Ajit Lad was found dead by her neighbours at Sukh Shanti Co-operative Society at around 9.30 pm on Monday, an official said.

The victim was allegedly killed by her husband Ajit Lad, who hit her on the head with a heavy object, slit her wrists and strangled her to death, he said.

The accused absconded at around 7.30 pm, leaving a note at the crime scene, saying he was going to commit suicide and had killed his wife because he was heavily in debt and she was suffering from an ailment, the official said.

The childless couple lived alone in the apartment, he added.

"On the basis of the note, we have registered a case of murder against Ajit Lad and have launched a manhunt for him. We have not traced him or found his body as he had mentioned suicide in the note," deputy commissioner of police (DCP) Zone X Ankit Goyal said.

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May 10,2020

Mumbai, May 10: A 32-year old man, running a bakery here has been arrested for alleged promotion of products using a tagline that said his firm does not employ Muslims, police said on Sunday.

The man, who is also selling his products online had allegedly said "made by Jains on orders, no Muslim staff" for promotion purposes in his WhatApp group.

A complaint was lodged against him saying the words depicted Muslims in a bad light and Mambalam police registered a case and arrested him, a release said adding a probe was on.

Recently, a man was arrested in Mumbai after he allegedly refused to collect groceries he had ordered online since the delivery person was a Muslim.

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April 5,2020

Nagpur, Apr 5: A 23-year-old man allegedly committed suicide in Imambada area in Nagpur on Saturday due to financial distress, police said.

Nikhil Gavhane, who worked in a grocery shop, hanged himself as he had taken money from a person and was stressed over repayment, an official said.

"He was depressed since a week," the Imambada police station official said.

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