Mumbai LIVE: Two held in Mumbai for gang raping beautician in Ahmedabad flat

Two held in Mumbai for gang raping beautician in Ahmedabad flat; another accused absconding: Police

Two men were arrested by Mumbai Police while another is on the run after a 49-year-old beautician alleged gang rape in a flat in Ahmedabad city, an official said on Tuesday. According to the police, the woman knows one of the accused very well and they often used to play cards together. "On last Friday, the man asked the woman to accompany him in his car to Ahmedabad to play cards. The woman went with him as she knew him. Two male friends of the main accused also joined them. After reaching a flat in Ahmedabad, the trio consumed alcohol and raped the woman," a Vile Parle police station official said quoting the First Information Report. (PTI)

Maharashtra needs `love-jihad` law on lines of UP: BJP leader Chitra Wagh

Maharashtra needs a law on the lines of the "love jihad" statute framed by Uttar Pradesh, state BJP`s women wing president Chitra Wagh said on Tuesday. "Love jihad" is a term often used by right-wing activists to allege a ploy by Muslim men to lure Hindu women into religious conversion through marriage.

Missing man found dead in drain in Thane district

The body of a 35-year-old man who went missing from Ulhasnagar in Thane district of Maharashtra five days back was found in a drain on Tuesday, police said. The highly-decomposed body was found floating in the Waldhuni nullah in Kalyan, an official said. The deceased went missing from Ulhasnagar on January 5 following which a missing person complaint was filed. A case of accidental death has been registered and further investigation is underway. (PTI)

The police in Maharashtra`s Thane city on Tuesday claimed to have solved a case involving the shooting of a grocery shop owner last year with the arrest of three persons in a house-breaking case. (PTI)