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Mumbai: 14-year-old girl found hanging at her house in Malad

A 14-year-old girl residing in Lakshmi Chawl, near Gavdevi Mandir, Kharodi, Malvani, Malad West area, was reportedly discovered hanging inside her house with an iron angle on Tuesday night. According to police sources, the girl`s relatives and neighbours removed her from the hanging position and rushed her to General Hospital, Janakalyan Nagar, Kandivali West, in an unconscious state, where she was pronounced dead. An officer from Malvani police station said that a case has been filed under section 174…

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Mumbai: 30-year-old man arrested for showing minor girl vulgar videos

The Bandra police arrested a 30-year-old man who molested a minor girl in the Bandra area after showing her porn clips on his mobile phone. The accused was also masturbating in front of the girl and escaped. The accused was earlier arrested in 2021 by Juhu police for a similar crime in the Santacruz area. The accused is a security guard. The incident occurred on Sunday. The victim is 8 years old. Police also seized the CCTV camera footage…

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Thane court sentences man to 7-year RI for bid to kill minor girl

A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment by a court in Thane district for attempting to murder a minor girl after she rejected his advances. On Tuesday, Special Judge (POCSO) VV Virkar pronounced the conviction and imposed a Rs 26,000 punishment on the convicted Thane man. The charges were filed under the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in connection with the occurrence in 2018, reported PTI. …

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Thane MACT awards Rs 17 lakh compensation to girl injured in 2018 road accident

The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal in Thane, Maharashtra, has awarded Rs 17 lakh in compensation to a girl who was severely injured in a road accident in 2018. The victim, an 18-year-old HSC (Class 12) student at the time of the tragedy, sustained serious injuries, including the loss of a finger, making it difficult for her to do daily duties, reported PTI.  According to the tribunal`s order issued on February 15, tribunal chairman and district judge S B Agrawal…

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Thane man gets jail for flashing at teenage girl

A court in Maharashtra`s Thane has sentenced a man to jail for allegedly flashing at a 17-year-old girl in 2022, reported news agency PTI. The convict, Mehafuj Maksood Aalam Shaikh, has already undergone a prison term of nearly 17 months In the order, the court said the Thane man shall be at liberty to get set-off under section 428 of Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) for the period he has already undergone in jail, reported PTI. The incident had…

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Nepalese man gets 5 years rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting girl

A court at Vasai in Maharashtra`s Palghar district has sentenced a Nepalese man to five years of rigorous imprisonment for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in 2020. Special court judge S V Khongal hearing cases pertaining to the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, on Friday convicted 45-year-old Raju Param Thapa and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 on him. The convict, a cook by profession, resided in the same building in Vasai as the victim, special…

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Newborn girl found abandoned at Thane woman`s doorstep

A baby girl was found abandoned on the doorstep of a Thane woman`s home, said police on Tuesday.  The 29-year-old lady told police that when she was in the kitchen of her home in Sainath Nagar, Louis Wadi, on Sunday night, she heard an infant`s cry. Upon looking around for the source of the sound, she discovered the infant girl lying outside her door, as told by a Wagle Estate police official to news agency PTI.  The Thane woman…

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Disabled girl kidnapped from Delhi, raped and made to beg in Mumbai

A 12-year-old deaf-and-mute girl was abducted from the national capital and brought to Mumbai by a begging gang led by a 32-year-old transgender. The minor, who was forced to seek alms near Churchgate station, had also been raped.  The night staffers of the Marine Drive police rescued the victim recently and arrested three, including two transgenders. Each of the accused hails from different states: Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. The Marine Drive cops are finding out how they got…

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Thane cops launch probe into alleged assault on girl inmate in govt hostel

An alleged attack on a female prisoner at a state-run dormitory has prompted Thane cops to launch an investigation. Based on a video complaint that representatives from the District Woman and Child Welfare Department received, the police filed a formal report (FIR), according to a PTI report.  The complaint states that a junior caretaker allegedly forced another girl to massage her legs, and a senior caretaker allegedly sexually assaulted a 16-year-old hostel resident in Ulhasnagar. The girls said that…

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Navi Mumbai police rescue 14-year-old girl after she jumps into nullah in Taloja

Navi Mumbai police saved a 14-year-old girl who jumped into a nullah in the Taloja area. The incident occurred in the Taloja phase-II locality on Sunday morning, an official said on Monday. In a video that surfaced on social media, the girl is seen standing at the edge of a small bridge on a nullah, with bystanders trying to convince her to get down from there, newswire PTI reported. Despite repeated requests, she eventually jumped off the bridge into…

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