Mumbai crime news: Man sent to 5-day police custody for raping minor girl in Andheri

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Mumbai crime news: A 32-year-old daily wager was arrested for allegedly raping and blackmailing a minor girl in the Andheri area of Mumbai, police said on Saturday.

News wire ANI reported that the accused was produced in a court on Thursday, which sent him to police custody for five days.

Sharing details about the case, Mumbai police said, "The accused used to live in the same area as the minor and worked as a daily wage labourer. He had clicked some pictures of the girl, on the pretext of which he used to blackmail and rape her."

The accused had also threatened to kill the minor if she narrated the incident to anyone, added the police. However, a few days into the matter, the survivor narrated the ordeal to her mother after which the accused was booked at the Andheri police station.

The Andheri police has registered a case against the accused under sections 376, 376(2)(J), 354(A), 354(D), and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and POCSO Act.

Further details into the matter are awaited.

Minor boy hangs self after father stops him from playing mobile games

In another incident, a minor boy took his own life after his father allegedly stopped him from playing games on his mobile handset, the police said.

According to information shared by the police, the boy, aged 16, died by suicide at his residence in the Malad Malwani area of Mumbai. The deceased's father told police that his son was addicted to mobile games.

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"Often, he would play games on his mobile handset till late into the night," a police officer said. "Around 11.30 pm on Thursday, the child was playing mobile games when his father snatched his phone and asked him to go to sleep," the officer added.

"The boy, in response, threatened to harm himself if he wasn't allowed to play mobile games. Next morning, his father woke up to find him hanging by a scarf from the ceiling. He rushed the boy to a nearby hospital but he was declared dead on arrival," the officer added.

Malwani Police recorded the statement of the boy's father and filed an Accidental Death Report (ADR) in the report. (With inputs from ANI)