The Navi Mumbai Police in Maharashtra have registered two cases in connection with alleged assaults on two families over dogs in separate incidents
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The Navi Mumbai Police in Maharashtra have registered two cases in connection with alleged assaults on the members of two families over dogs in separate incidents, an official said on Sunday, reported the PTI.
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The families were assaulted at different locations in Nerul on Saturday night, and those at the receiving end sustained injuries, he said, as per PTI.
In the first case, one Mhatre family and a few others got into an altercation with a 24-year-old woman and her sister, who were feeding stray dogs. The accused later barged into the house of the woman and beat up them and their family members, according to the PTI.
The police on Sunday registered a case against eight persons under Indian Penal Code sections concerning assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty, criminal intimidation, and voluntarily causing hurt to someone.
In the second matter, five members of one Perve family picked a fight with a 65-year-old woman over her puppy's barking.
The accused forcibly entered the complainant's home and verbally abused her family members before physically attacking them, said the official from Nerul police station, citing the case registered in the matter on Sunday.
Meanwhile, in an another incident, the Navi Mumbai Police have registered a case in connection with the theft of goods worth Rs 85.6 lakh from the premises of a shipping and logistics company in Uran, an official said on Sunday, reported the PTI.
Based on a complaint lodged by a customs official, the Uran Police in Navi Mumbai have registered a case under sections 379 (theft) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code, the official said, as per the PTI.
Goods, including expensive eyewear, worth Rs 85.6 lakh stored in a container on the premises of a company in Dronagiri were allegedly stolen on the intervening night of February 2 and 3, the official said.
The container was seized on February 24, 2021, and kept on hold in the company's premises, he said, the PTI reported on Sunday.
The police are investigating the theft, and no arrests have been made so far, the official said, the news agency reported.
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