Thane woman arrested for abetting stepdaughter's suicide

Police have arrested a 27yearold Thane woman for allegedly abetting the suicide of her teenage stepdaughter in Maharashtras Thane district an official said on Wednesday reported news agency PTIThe Thane woman resident of Ambadi Naka in Bhiwandi used to harass the 15yearold girl mentally and physically Ganeshpuri police station inspector D T Sonke told PTIThe girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling of her house on Monday evening he said reported PTIAfter being alerted police rushed to the spot and sent the body for postmortem reported PTIBased on a complaint by the victims father who is an autorickshaw driver the woman was arrested on Tuesday and booked under Indian Penal Code section 306 abetment of suicide the official saidIn another case the police in Maharashtras Thane city arrested a 24yearold for allegedly stealing laptops worth Rs 14 lakh which he was to deliver to godowns of a logistics company in Gujarat an official said on Tuesday reported PTIThe police apprehended the accused Mushrif Khan 24 during an allout operation on Monday based on a complaint lodged by a transporter senior inspector Nishikant Vishwakar of the Kongaon police station in Bhiwandi division said reported PTIKhan was entrusted 21 laptops worth Rs 14 lakh from a logistics companys godown in Bhiwandi to be delivered to godowns in Baroda and Ahmedabad in Gujarat on May 7 he said reported PTIA police team from Bhiwandi spotted the accused during an allout operation questioned him and recovered some of the stolen laptops the official saidMeanwhile the police in Maharashtras Thane district have arrested a man from Delhi in connection with a 27yearold murder case an official said reported PTIBased on a tipoff the accused Mewalal alias Pannalal Murat Chouhan 52 was apprehended from Swarup Nagar in Delhi on Sunday assistant commissioner of police Crime Madan Ballal told PTIAs per case details Chouhan and two other accused attacked and killed Dharamnath Ramshankar Pandey following a petty quarrel in Bhayander on October 5 1997 he said reported PTIA case of murder was registered with the Bhayander police station and one of the accused Vjyasngh Sriramshigh Chouhan was arrested on the same day while the others had remained absconding since then the official said reported PTIThe police received information about Chouhans whereabouts in Delhi and arrested him he saidThe police are now on the hunt for the third accused Ramdular Pal the official saidWith inputs from PTI