Maharashtra: 62-year-old man found dead under Mumbai-Nashik flyover

An unidentified 62yearold man was found dead at Retibandar Creek under the MumbaiNashik flyover near the Kalwa area of Thane on Saturday officials saidThe body of the deceased was recovered in Retibandar Creek under the MumbaiNashik flyover near Kharegaon toll naka in the Kalwa area of Thane an official of Thane Municipal Corporation saidThe Narpoli police officers reached the spot took custody of the body and sent it for postmortem the officials informed The police said an investigation was underwayMeanwhile A 23yearold man has been arrested by Navi Mumbai police for reportedly sexually assaulting and impregnating a teenage girl and abetting her suicide an official told news agency PTI on Saturday According to the report a Koparkhairane police station official the accused was arrested on FridayReportedly the accused was arrested after a complaint was filed by the mother of the deceased girl The accused was from the Mumbai suburb of Govandi the report addedThe accused has been charged under Sections 305 abetting the suicide of a minor and 3762n repeated rape of the Indian Penal Code and relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO ActAccording to the officials statement to PTI the accused befriended the accused and later repeatedly sexually assaulted her knowing she is a minor which led to her pregnancy On November 28 the minor distraught over the happening died by suicide by hanging herself The official said that the police are currently conducting an inquiry into the caseAlso read Mumbai crime news Suspect wanted in UP armed robbery arrested in AndheriIn another incident from Navi Mumbai an employee of staterun transport corporation has been booked for sexually harassing a minor According to the report Navi Mumbai police registered a case against a conductor employed by the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation MSRTC for allegedly sexually abusing a passengerSantosh Wadekar 48 was charged with a crime on Friday by the police in response to a complaint made by a 17yearold pupil The official said that the charges were filed under the applicable sections of the POCSO Act and the Indian Penal Code the report addedThe official told PTI that the complainant claimed that the accused touched her when she was sleeping on a bus that was moving from Dapoli to Mumbai during the night of November 26ndash27The official further stated that investigations are still underway and that no arrests have been made in relation to the case as of yetMumbai Police on Saturday morning arrested a man for allegedly raping a Mexican disc jockey they got acquainted in 2017 and allegedly sexually assaulted her at his home in Bandra in July 2019 after which he raped her on multiple occasions With inputs from agencies