Thane crime: 25-year-old man held for harassing teenage girl

An official on Friday said that the police in Maharashtras Thane district have arrested a 25yearold man for allegedly sexually harassing a teenage girl and manhandling her parents reported news agency PTIAccused Sagar Wagh had been stalking the 14yearold girl since July despite her parents asking him to stay away from their daughter reported PTIOn Thursday Wagh entered the girls house in the Bhiwandi area when she was alone and touched her inappropriately reported PTIWhen the girls parents went to Waghs home to inform his family about the crime he pushed them the police official said while sharing an update on the Thane crime reported PTIBased on a complaint by the teens mother police booked Wagh for sexual harassment stalking and voluntarily causing hurt under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act senior inspector Bharat Kamath of the Narpoli police station said while sharing an update on the Thane crimeBadlapur station shooting Accused booked for attempt to murderThe railway police in Maharashtras Thane district have registered an attempttomurder case against a 25yearold man after he allegedly opened fire at two persons at Badlapur station and injured one of them an official said on Friday reported PTIThe incident which police said was the fallout of business rivalry took place at platform number 1 at around 6 pm on Thursday when the suburban station on the Central Railway route was chockablock with commuters reported PTISenior Inspector Pandhari Kande of the Kalyan GRP Government Railway Police said an FIR has been registered against the arrested accused Vikas Nana Pagare for attempt to murder under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS and under the Arms Act reported PTIPolice are also trying to find out if more people were involved in the shooting besides PagareThe incident was captured on cameras and a video of it went viral on social media within minutesAfter opening fire Pagare ran towards railway tracks in his attempt to flee but he was chased and pinned down by policemen on duty with the help of some commuters reported PTIPolice identified the injured person as Shankar Sansare while the second man targeted by Pagare escaped unhurt but his identity was not revealed reported PTISansare was rushed to a local hospital where he was treated for gunshot wounds said the GRP reported PTIThe assailant and also the duo he targeted have criminal records and the firing was linked to professional rivalry over TV cable business between them in the area said the police citing preliminary probe reported PTIInitially there was a fight between Pagare and the duo outside the railway station As Sansare ran inside the station the gunman followed him and fired at him and the other person accompanying him from his revolver they said reported PTIThe GRP have sent the revolver and pellets for forensic analysisBadlapur was under the spotlight last month after two kindergarten girls were allegedly sexually assaulted by a male attendant at a private school there The incident triggered a massive protest in the town with thousands of people blocking trains at Badlapur station on August 20With inputs from PTI