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Two teens raped by social media friends in Mumbai, Thane
Updated On: 22 August, 2024 10:27 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
The police have filed a case of rape in two separate cases involving teenaged girls from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region. A Mumbai teen was allegedly raped recently by a 21-year-old man she came across on social media. In a similar incident, a 14-year-old was sexually assaulted in Thane by a person she befriended online

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The police have filed a case of rape in two separate cases involving teenaged girls from the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
A Mumbai teen was allegedly raped recently by a 21-year-old man she came across on social media, news agency ANI reported. The accused took the 13-year-old girl to a place in Andheri and raped her and later took her to Gujarat and sexually assaulted her again. The girl returned home after a few days and told her family about the incident. She showed the picture of the accused on social media, following which her family registered a complaint at Vakola police station. A case has been registered against the accused under sections 4, 8 and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) for kidnapping and rape and he has been arrested, Mumbai Police said.
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