Thane crime: 23-year-old arrested for allegedly trafficking, selling newborns

Tracing transactions of a 23yearold mans mobile phone unfolded a shocking crime of trafficking and selling newborns in ThaneThe police on Friday registered a case against the accused Tushar Prakash Salve a resident of Badlapur under section 143 trafficking and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS and the Information Technology IT Act the official stated reported PTIA complaint was lodged by a regional forest officer alleging Salves involvement in trafficking newborns an official statedAccording to PTI the officials informed that the police gathered evidence of transactions involving infants after they examined the accuseds mobile phoneThe mobile phone contained WhatsApp records about the illegal activity indicating that he conducted transactions online an official saidThe police are focusing on determining the specifics of the transactions the identities of the children and the places from where they were trafficked an official statedMan held for raping impregnating 13yearold cancer patient in Maharashtras Thane districtThe police said that the 29yearold accused was apprehended from Bihar on ThursdayA man has been arrested for allegedly raping and impregnating a 13yearold cancer patient in Maharashtras Thane district the police said on Saturday reported the PTIThe police said that the 29yearold accused was apprehended from Bihar on ThursdayAccording to the police the accused who was from the same village as the girls family in Bihar had arranged for a rented accommodation for them in Badlapur two months ago and assisted in her treatment as per the PTIAssistant Commissioner of Police Shailesh Kale said that the man allegedly took advantage of the girl when she was alone at home sexually assaulting her on three occasions the news agency reported on SaturdayThe girl was undergoing chemotherapy at a hospital in neighbouring Mumbai and during a routine examination she was found to be pregnant he said as per the PTILater a case was registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act and provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS the official saidThe accused had arranged for the victims family to stay in Badlapur and was helping with her treatment During this time he raped her and she got pregnant senior police inspector Kiran Balwadkar said reported the PTIThe arrested accused was produced before a court and has been remanded in judicial custody and further investigations are underwayMeanwhile in an another incident the police on Saturday said that a 52yearold man booked for raping and threatening a woman in Maharashtras Thane city was arrested from a hotel in Nashik reported news agency PTIBased on a tipoff the antiextortion cell of the Thane police apprehended the accused a resident of Dombivili on Friday night The accused has two cases registered against him an official said reported PTIDeputy Commissioner of Police Crime Amarsingh Jadhav said the 19yearold complainant alleged that the accused sexually assaulted her in the Davadi area of Dombivili on multiple occasions between February 16 and March 29 reported PTIThe woman claimed she met the accused through Instagram and he lured her to his office with the promise of a job at the Mumbai airport She alleged that the accused threatened her with a firearm and said he would harm her parents and then raped her the official said reported PTIWith PTI inputsatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params