Mumbai crime: 13-yr-old girl molested, police arrest accused from Uttar Pradesh

Mumbai police arrested one accused from Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh for molestation of a 13yearold girl on August 25 and produced him in court on Thursday the MHB police said while sharing an update on the Mumbai crime reported news agency ANIThe accused has been identified as Mohammed Zeeshan Mohammed 21 and he was working in a private bus agency He was arrested on Wednesday reported ANIThe 13yearold daughter of the woman complainant had gone to buy some goods from a nearby grocery store and was returning with them At that time Zeeshan molested this girl After the incident the victim informed her family about the entire incident The family reached the nearest police station and registered a case Taking the case seriously an investigation started under the guidance of senior police inspector Sudhir Kudalkar the MHB police station official said while sharing an update on the Mumbai crime reported ANIThe investigating officers found that the accused Zeeshan did not have a mobile phoneFurther investigation revealed that many people from his village were living in Mumbais Antop Hill area reported ANIMumbai police said that Zeeshan contacted one of his relatives living in Dahisar from an unknown mobile number and gave false information that he was in the Borivali area but when the police checked the location of that mobile it was found that he was in Nashik reported ANIAccording to the police they took out the location of eight to ten mobile phones then he was traced and found travelling by train to Uttar Pradesh It was also found out that the village of the accused is Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh and he was travelling to his village reported ANIAfter this a trap was laid with the help of local police and he was detained from Prayagraj and brought to Mumbai and arrested reported ANIThe accused has been arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO ActMan arrested for kidnapping and murder of 12yearold boyIn another case a man has been arrested from Delhi for the kidnapping and murder of a 12yearold boy here city police said on Thursday reported PTIBipul Biren Sikari 39 was apprehended earlier this week by a Mumbai police team with the help of Kamla Market police station in the national capital an official said reported PTIThe accused was brought here and remanded in police custody till August 31 he saidSikari murdered his wife in West Bengal in 2012 and was convicted in the case but was released on parole during the COVID19 pandemic from Bardhaman Central Prison After that he fled to Mumbai the official said reported PTIHe allegedly kidnapped the boy in the Wadala Truck Terminus area where he was living on January 28 2024The boys decomposed body without the head was found at Kharganga Wadala on March 5 The parents identified it with the help of footwear and a DNA test too supported the identification the official said reported PTIPolice had formed eight teams and launched a manhunt for the accused in nine states including Delhi Further probe is onWith inputs from PTI