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NDTV
19-05-2025
- NDTV
Mumbai Woman, Teen Boyfriend Arrested Over Rape, Murder Of Minor Girl: Cops
Mumbai: A woman and her teen boyfriend were arrested on Monday in connection with the rape and murder of her two-and-half-year-old daughter, a Mumbai police official said. The child was brought to a government hospital on Sunday night with injuries on her private parts, after which doctors there alerted police, the official said. The child later died. "The 19-year-old accused had sex with the 30-year-old woman and then raped the child in her presence. The woman, however, told doctors the child was suffering from epilepsy," the Malwani police station official said. Based on a medical report, the woman and her teen boyfriend were arrested under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for rape, murder and other offences, he said. "The woman was living with her child at her mother's house after her divorce. She then entered into a relationship with the 19-year-old man," he added.
Hindustan Times
27-04-2025
- Hindustan Times
27-year-old rapes, murders 4-year-old relative in Odisha; Arrested
Bhubaneswar: A 27-year-old man was arrested in Odisha's Ganjam district for allegedly raping and murdering his 4-year-old girl distant relative, whose body was recovered from an under-construction house on Saturday, Police said. 'The man, a distant relative of the girl who went missing on Friday evening, has been charged under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012,' Ganjam superintendent of police (SP) Suvendu Patra said. The accused had allegedly lured the girl with a chocolate and told her he was taking her to a festival in their village. 'But he instead took her to an isolated place and attempted to rape her. He killed her by throttling her and then dumped the body. He was under the influence of liquor,' the SP said. After a missing complaint was lodged, the police started investigating. A forensic team and dog squad with several seniors police officers visited the crime site and collected more evidence. Also Read:5-year-old girl allegedly raped and murdered in Odisha: Police 'On grounds of suspicion, several people, including the accused, were called for interrogation. The accused was reported seen with the girl and the locals said that he used to often offer chips and toffees to the girl,' the SP added. According to preliminary investigation, the accused was allegedly under the influence of alcohol on April 25 evening. 'He had watched porn on his mobile phone before luring the girl. After dumping the dead body he consumed alcohol again,' the SP said. Also Read:23-year-old 'rapes' minor in Pinjore, arrested Police have sent the body to MKCG Medical College for postmortem. 'The exact cause of the death would be ascertained only after we get the autopsy report,' the SP said. 'We are investigating all angles and interrogating villagers suspected of involvement in the gruesome incident,' the SP added.
