Five-year-old girl sexually assaulted in Navi Mumbai; case registered

A case has been registered against an unidentified man for allegedly sexually assaulting a fiveyearold girl in Navi Mumbai police said on Saturday reported news agency PTIBased on a complaint lodged by the victims mother the police on Friday registered a case under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act an official saidThe unidentified accused lured the child with a toy and took her to an isolated place near the staircase of a building in the Darave area of Nerul and sexually assaulted her on Friday afternoon he said reported PTIA probe has been initiated into the incident the official from Nerul police station saidIn another case a 34yearold man from Navi Mumbai was allegedly duped of Rs 1943 lakh by cyber fraudsters who lured him to perform tasks online to earn extra income police said on Saturday reported PTIThe complainant who is an employee of the underconstruction Navi Mumbai Airport alleged that the accused approached him on Telegram application and gave him tasks to like hotels and make bookings an official said reported PTIThe complainant performed the tasks between March 24 and April 9 and he was made to pay Rs 1943 lakh he saidThe man later received Rs 243 lakh in his bank account but could not make any withdrawals and could not get his money back the official said reported PTIThe police have registered a case under relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act against four persons and a probe has been initiated he saidMeanwhile a man allegedly cheated an educational institution in Maharashtras Thane district of more than Rs 10 lakh on the pretext of getting governments approval to run junior colleges in its two existing schools police said reported PTIThe institution is located at Dombivli in the districtThis institution operates two schools one at Sagaon in Dombivli and another at Diva These schools imparts education upto Class 10 But it wanted permission to open junior college for Classes 11 and 12 and applied to the state education department for it an official of Manpada police station said reported PTIThe institution wanted some responsible person who could handle it One Dhanaji Janrao agreed to get the requisite permissions and sought Rs 16 lakh for the task he said reported PTIAccordingly between March 2021 and June 2022 it paid Rs 1062 lakh to him But when it followed up with him he gave evasive replies He also told them since a new government was in place it would a long time for the approval the official said reported PTIOne of the trustees of the institution then lodged a complaint against him based on which an FIR was registered at the Manpada police station he said adding that a probe was onWith inputs from PTI