Mumbai cops nab 42-year-old man from Surat wanted for duping investors

A 42yearold man has been nabbed by the Mumbai Polices crime branch from Surat for allegedly duping people on the pretext of offering good returns on their investments an official told news agency PTI on SaturdayThe arrested accused is identified as Paresh Kumar Patel His wife is also an accused in the case the crime branch unit IV official told PTILast year an FIR was registered at Matunga police station in Mumbai against the Patel couple for allegedly cheating people of Rs 7470 lakh under the pretext of offering good returns if they invest in a company floated by the accused couple reported PTIThe case was subsequently transferred to the crime branch for further probe the official told PTIHe said Paresh Kumar Patel was nabbed from a parking area in Surat city based on reliable information He was produced before a court which remanded him to police custody till October 10 the official told PTIMeanwhile the Navi Mumbai police in Maharashtra have arrested a 39yearold man for sexually harassing two teenage girls an official told news agency PTI on SaturdayAccused Sandeep Sonawane is an autorickshaw driver but was driving a friends taxi when he allegedly committed the crime around 1215 pm on Friday an official told PTIWhen the taxi operating for an appbased service was on the road leading to Bonkode area Sonawane allegedly sexually harassed the girls aged 14 and 15 years the official told PTILocals rushed to help the girls after hearing their screams and pinned down the accusedThe APMC police have registered a case against Sonawane under Indian Penal Code IPC sections 354 use of criminal force on a woman with intention to outrage her modesty and 354A sexual harassment and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act Vivek Pansare deputy commissioner of police zoneI Navi Mumbai told PTIIn another incident hours after attacking and killing an 18yearold girl in broad daylight over a onesided affair a man allegedly committed suicide by jumping into a lake in Maharashtras Palghar district police told PTI on SaturdayThe body of Prabhakar Waghare 22 was spotted in the lake in the Mokhada area of the district on Saturday morning Palghar Superintendent of Police Balasaheb Patil told PTIA case of accidental death has been registered and the body was sent for postmortem the official told PTIWaghare had escaped into a jungle after attacking Archana Udhar a Class 12 student who was walking from a junior college with her classmates around 11 am on Friday the official told PTIThe accused slit the girls throat with a sharp weapon and killed her the official told PTIWaghare was jilted after the girl turned down his proposal His parents also approached the victims parents and didnt receive a positive response the official told PTIThe accused allegedly had plans to kill the girl on her birthday two days ago the official told PTIWith inputs from PTI