Maharashtra: Sarpanch in Palghar booked for raping, cheating nurse

A sarpanch in Palghar was booked for allegedly raping and cheating a 27yearold nurse a police official said on Saturday reported news agency PTIKamlakar Dhoom sarpanch of Dengyachi Met of Jawhar is accused of befriending the nurse forcing her to divorce her husband and raping her repeatedly senior inspector Sanjay Bramhane of Jawhar police station said reported PTIThe sarpanch in Palghar also took Rs 1 lakh from the victim on the promise of making her services permanent at the health facility She attempted suicide and is presently hospitalised The FIR was registered on Friday and efforts are on to nab him the official said reported PTIIn another incident the police from Maharashtras Thane city have arrested a 21yearold man from Uttarakhand capital Dehradun for allegedly sharing the private pictures of a 13yearold girl on the internet an official said on Saturday reported PTIAccused Rohit Kumar originally from Saran in Bihar had befriended the teenager from Thane on social media and allegedly accessed her nude pictures the official said reported PTIWhen the girl refused to continue chatting with Kumar he shared her intimate pictures with her relatives and released them on the internet the official said reported PTIOn a complaint by the girl the Vartak Nagar police registered a case on April 1 under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act and IT Act and launched a probe reported PTIActing in various inputs they tracked down Kumar to Dehradun and arrested him from there on Thursday said senior inspector Rajkumar Wakchoure of Vartak Nagar police stationThe official said Kumar is a habitual offender and has targeted many girls similarly in the pastMeanwhile the police in Maharashtras Thane district on Saturday registered a case after a 14yearold girl accused a juvenile of repeatedly raping her and pressuring her to marry him an official said reported PTICiting the complaint the official said that the accused befriended the girl in November 2023 and raped her multiple times saying he wanted to marry her and that caste or faith didnt matter to himLater he allegedly threatened to assault her if she didnt continue the relationship the official said In her complaint the girl said she stopped interacting with him after he asked her to visit a place of worship reported PTIThe official from the Kashigaon police station under the Mira Bhayander Vasai Virar police commissionerate said a case has been registered for rape under the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act and under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities ActWith inputs from PTI