Five booked for marriage of 17-year-old girl in Thane district

A case has been registered against five persons for their alleged involvement in marrying off an underage girl in Maharashtras Thane district police said on Saturday reported news agency PTIA case under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act and the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act has been registered against the groom his parents and the girls parents an official said reported PTIAccording to the police the 17yearold girl was married in a ceremony held at a bungalow in the Retibunder area of Kalyan on January 21 The girl was found to be pregnant earlier this month reported PTIThe official said no arrests have been made in the case and further probe is underway13yearold girl kidnapped raped in Thane accused heldA 13yearold girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a man in Maharashtras Thane city police said on Saturday reported PTIThe police on Friday apprehended the 19yearold accused in connection with the assault that took place on the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday an official saidAccording to the police the girl quarrelled with her elder sister walked out of her house on Wednesday night and went to sit by a lake in the city reported PTIThe official said the accused approached the girl and lured her to come to his house where he threatened and raped herHe said a case has been registered against the accused under sections 65 rape on a woman under 16 years 352 intentional insult to provoke a breach of peace 1372 kidnapping and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO ActDoctor assaulted after patients death at Thane hospital 3 bookedA 24yearold doctor was attacked by the relatives of a patient following her death at a private hospital in Maharashtras Thane city police said on Saturday reported PTIBased on a complaint by the doctor the Chitalsar police have registered a case against three persons involved in the attack on the afternoon of February 5 an official saidThe victim Dr Nitin Anil Tiwari was treating a 30yearold woman who subsequently died and angered by her death the patients relatives accused the medical team of negligenceThe official said the accused verbally abused and threatened the doctor and one of them hit him with a steel chair and injured him reported PTIHe said a case was registered under section 1181 voluntarily causing grievous hurt by dangerous means and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS and Maharashtra Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions Prevention of Violence and Damage or Loss to Property Act 2010While the accused have been identified no one has been arrested so far the official addedWith inputs from PTI