Navi Mumbai: Offences registered against 3 for employing children as labourers

The Navi Mumbai police have registered cases against three persons for allegedly employing children as labourers in their establishments an official told news agency PTI on SundayThe antihuman trafficking cell AHTC officials during an inspection on Saturday found that two garage owners from Vahalgaon in Ulwe area had employed two minors aged 16 and 17 and engaged them in heavy and hazardous works at the garage the official told PTIIn another case the AHTC team found a 42yearold hotel owner had employed three minors at his establishment in Nerul area the official saidOffences were registered against the two garage owners aged 26 and 35 and the hotel owner at different police stations in Navi Mumbai under provisions of the Juvenile Justice Care and Protection of Children Act and the Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act the police saidNo arrest has been made so far the police addedMeanwhile the Navi Mumbai police have arrested two Bangladeshi nationals after they were found living illegally in the country an official told PTI on SundayThe accused who hail from Narail area of Bangladesh were apprehended from Nerul on Saturday the official from Nerul police station told PTIA case under the Passports Act and Foreigners Act has been registered against the duo he saidThe men had been living in a chawl in Nerul Gaon area since the last one year without a valid passport and visa and were caught by the police during an inspection the official addedIn another case A 20yearold man has been arrested in Maharashtras Thane district for allegedly murdering his friend and dumping the body in a river an official told PTI on SaturdayThe suspect has claimed that he killed the victim as the latter often passed abusive remarks on his dead parents the official saidAccording to Prasad Pandhre senior inspector of the Murbad police station the body of a man tied with a huge stone was found in a river in their jurisdiction on June 11As they began a probe the Murbad police received a complaint about a missing man named Hemant alias Kiran Nandu Kadav 24 of Dhanivali in the area The official said the body recovered from the river turned out to be KadavsWorking on intelligence and technical inputs police zeroed in on Kadavs friend Radheshyam Mohilal SinghPolice learnt that Singh had lost his parents when he was young He and Kadav became friends six months ago and would drink together at times However Kadav would pass abusive remarks on Singhs parents the official said quoting the suspectTired of his friends snide remarks Singh hit Kadav with a stone and strangulated him to death before dumping the body in a river the official addedWith inputs from PTI