The body of a 70-year-old senior citizen was found in a lake in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/thane-all" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thane</a> on Thursday.
According to the civic official, the body was found in Railadevi lake located in Wagle Estate in Thane, around 8.15 am.
Chief of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/when-a-common-man-gave-back-to-his-creator-23316455" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thane</a> civic body's disaster management cell Yasin Tadvi said, "The deceased, identified as Arvind Murudkar, was a resident of Mulund."
"After being alerted, fire brigade personnel and a team of disaster management cell rushed to the spot and took the body out of water," he said.
It was then sent to a government-run hospital for post-mortem and a case of accidental death was registered.
Meanwhile, the police have registered a case against a 20-year-old man from Navi Mumbai for allegedly raping his minor sister and having unnatural sex with her on multiple occasions since 2016.
The victim, now aged 17, in her police complaint alleged that her brother had been committing sexual assault on her since she was nine years old, as per the FIR.
Whenever she resisted his move, the accused threatened her and also beat her up, the police said.
Unable to bear the torture anymore, the victim lodged a complaint at the NRI police station. The siblings are residents of Seawoods area.
"The complainant alleged that her brother raped her and had unnatural sex with her on various occasions between August 2016 and 2021 and from February to October last year," the police said.
The accused has been charged under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
(with inputs from PTI)
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