Palghar labourer rapes four-and-half-year-old girl; held

A Palghar labourer has been arrested for allegedly raping a fourandhalfyearold girl in Maharashtras Palghar district police said on Friday reported news agency PTIThe police on Thursday arrested the 19yearold accused in connection with the incident that occurred in Jawhar taluka on Wednesday reported PTIThe childs parents were at work and she was home with her grandparents when the accused allegedly entered her house and sexually assaulted her an official saidThe accused was a labourer involved in cable laying work in the victims locality the official said reported PTIThe child informed her mother about the assault the next day following which a complaint was lodged with the police he said reported PTIThe accused has been arrested under section 64 rape and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act the official saidFollowing the incident local activists from various political parties and social organisations from Jawhar and Mokhada staged a protest demanding capital punishment for the accused reported PTITuition teacher stripped paraded for misbehaving with girlsIn another case a group of parents and locals on Wednesday thrashed stripped and paraded a tuition teacher in Maharashtras Palghar district accusing him of misbehaving with girl students an official said reported PTIThe matter came to light after a 13yearold girl refused to go to his tuition classes When her parents sought to know the reason she told them about the alleged misconduct by the tuition teacher reported PTIThe parents of the girl and other citizens then beat up the teacher stripped and paraded him after pulling him out of his classes in Virar They also accused him of misbehaving with other girl students the official said reported PTISenior Inspector Vijay Pawar of Virar police station told reporters that the teacher has been handed over to the police and they are recording statements Police will register an FIR against the tuition teacher he addedMan arrested for raping woman on marriage pretextMeanwhile police have arrested a 26yearold man from Ludhiana in Punjab for allegedly raping a woman on the false pretext of marriage police said on Monday reported ANIAccording to the police the accused identified as Raghav Rajesh Agarwal allegedly raped the woman several times between January last year and August 2024 reported ANIThe victim and the accused had met at an exhibition in Delhi Khar police station officials saidWith inputs from PTI and ANI