Palghar murder accused woman on run for 5 years held from Mumbai

A woman accused in a 2020 murder case in Maharashtras Palghar district has been arrested from Mumbai after absconding for more than five years police said on Sunday reported news agency PTIThe accused Dolrin Afrin Ahmed Khan 27 resident of Nallasopara area allegedly strangulated Pradeep Dayashankar Rai 23 to death on February 12 2020 at Arnala in Palghar and then staged the scene to make it appear as a suicide Assistant Commissioner of Police Crime Madan Ballal said reported PTIA preliminary probe suggested a monetary dispute between the accused and the man a resident of Badlapur in neighbouring Thane district as the motive behind the crime he said reported PTIAn FIR was then registered under Sections 302 murder and 201 destruction of evidence of the Indian Penal CodeAs the woman remained at large the police had filed a chargesheet under Section 299 of the Criminal Procedure Code CrPC which permits recording of evidence in the absence of an absconding accused the official said reported PTIOver the past four months our team intensified efforts to trace her Acting on a specific tipoff we located her at Kandivali in Mumbai and arrested her on October 10 She has now been handed over to Arnala police for further investigation Ballal said reported PTIWatchman of housing complex molests teenage girl heldIn another case a 42yearold watchman of a prominent housing complex in Maharashtras Thane district allegedly inappropriately touched and forcibly hugged a teenage girl residing there following which he was arrested officials said on Saturday reported PTIThe incident occurred around 230 pm on Friday in Khadakpada area of Kalyan they saidWhen the victim was in the lobby area near the lift in the housing complex the accused touched her inappropriately and also forcibly hugged her When the girl managed to break free he made inappropriate gestures at her a official said reported PTIImmediately after learning about the incident the residents of the society caught hold of the watchman and handed him over to the police he said reported PTIBased on the complaint lodged by the victim the accused was immediately arrested the police official saidA case was registered against him under section 74 assault or use of criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS and also the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act POCSO Act at the Khadakpada police station and investigation is underway reported PTIA video of the incident has gone viral on social mediaWith inputs from PTI