20 January,2024 08:44 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
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The Navi Mumbai Police in Maharashtra have filed a case against a 34-year-old man from Panvel in Maharashtra's Raigad district for allegedly molesting a 16-year-old girl, an official said, reported the PTI.
The case against the man was registered at Khandeshwar police station in Navi Mumbai for the incidents that took place on January 9 and 10, he said, as per the PTI.
As per the complaint lodged by the victim's mother, the accused took the teenage girl to a secluded place in Panvel, where he touched her inappropriately, the police official said.
He was booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 363 (kidnapping) and 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and also under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Meanwhile, in an another incident on Wednesday, a man allegedly stabbed his woman friend to death and later injured himself with a knife in Malad East area of Mumbai, the police said.
The woman was identified as Mainabai Kashinath Giri (29) while the injured individual, Baburao More who is currently undergoing treatment.
According to the Kurar police, Mainabai, who originally resids in Maharashtra's Pune had left her husband four years ago and moved to Mumbai. During this time, she met Baburao, an auto driver.
"The two were in a relationship and had even started living togeather in Kranti Nagar in Malad East area. The situation escalated four days ago when Mainabai brought her husband home, leading to a dispute between Baburao and Mainabai," an official said.
The police said, on Thurday evening, Baburao called Mainabai out of the house, where they were first engaged in a heated argument. Later, in a fit of rage, Baburao fatally stabbed Mainabai using a knife. Subsequently, he also injured himself using the same knife. The locals promptly informed the Kurar police about the incident that rushed to the crime scene.
The police said, Mainabai was found lying in a pool of blood in a lane near the place where she had been living and Baburao was lying near her body, seriously wounded. He was rushed to a hospital.
"The exact motive behind Mahinabai's murder is not yet clear, and investigations are ongoing," said an officer from Kurar police station.
(with PTI inputs)
