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Time of India
4 days ago
- Time of India
HIV positive minor accuses Latur facility staffer of rape
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: The Latur district police are investigating a 16-year-old HIV positive girl's complaint accusing one of the staffers at a residential facility of repeatedly raping her over the last two years and forcing her to undergo an abortion. In a related action, police arrested the facility's director, his wife and a woman staffer on charges of suppressing the matter to shield the main suspect, who is absconding. "Based on the girl's complaint, we have registered an FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act provisions against six people. They comprise the three arrested individuals, the main suspect and another staffer at the facility, besides a gynaecologist from a hospital in Latur where, the survivor said, she was forced to undergo an abortion," Latur superintendent of police (SP) Amol Tambe told TOI on Friday. The girl hails from Dharashiv district and was shifted to the residential facility in Latur district over two years ago. Police said that in her complaint, the girl said that between July 2023 and July 2025, she was allegedly raped four times by one of the staffers at the residential facility. Despite raising the issue with the residential facility's management, the latter suppressed the matter and allegedly shielded the suspect, the complaint stated. The girl also said that she made a written complaint and put it in the drop box, but upon learning about it, the suspect tore it and threatened her with dire consequences, police said. Recently, after she fell ill, she was taken to a hospital where she found that she was four months pregnant, police said. The victim, while naming a Latur-based private hospital, stated that she was forced to undergo an abortion at this hospital run by a gynaecologist. The matter came to light after the girl recently reached her home in Dharashiv and lodged a zero FIR at a police station there. Dharashiv police referred it to the police station concerned in Latur district for investigation. "We registered a case immediately after receiving the zero FIR," SP Tambe said. Police inspector Sunil Rejitwad, who is investigating the case, said, "Considering the gravity of the matter, multiple teams have been deployed to nab the suspects." Police have invoked offences punishable under sections 64, 64 (2) (I), 64 (2) (J), 64 (2) (M), 65 and 65 (I), all related to rape, repeated sexual assault on woman incapable of giving consent, and rape by a person in a position of control or dominance over a woman, of the BNS. Besides, 68 (C) for sexual assault by a person in authority, 88 and 89 for causing miscarriage and without a woman's consent, 115 for voluntarily causing hurt, 351 (2) for criminal intimidation, 351 (3) for threatening to cause death or grievous injury, and 3 (5) for common intention of the BNS and five sections of the POCSO Act have been invoked.
News18
4 days ago
- News18
Villagers hold rasta roko demanding arrest in Parli businessmans murder case
Agency: PTI Last Updated: Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Jul 25 (PTI) Villagers staged a 'rasta roko' on a highway in Maharashtra's Beed district on Friday, demanding arrest in the 2023 murder case of Parli-based businessman Mahadev Munde. Residents of Bhopla and Kanherwadi villages in Parli taluka staged a protest on the Parli-Ambajogai Highway for about an hour in the morning, an official said. Mahadev Munde was abducted and murdered in Parli city of Beed district on October 21, 2023. The Beed police have not made any arrests. The probe in the case has been handed over to the local crime branch. Last week, the murdered businessman's wife, Dnyaneshwari Munde, consumed poison on the premises of the Beed superintendent of police's office. She was rushed to a hospital, where she underwent treatment. Talking to reporters, Dyaneshwari Munde said, 'The police are responsible for the situation today. It is their failure that they could not apprehend the accused." Rajabhau Fad, sarpanch of Karnherwadi village, said Munde's wife has been fighting for justice for 20 months now. 'We demand that a special investigation team of senior officers be constituted to nab the accused," he said. PTI AW ARU Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
News18
5 days ago
- News18
Prisoner caught with mobile phone hidden inside jail in Maharashtras Beed
Last Updated: Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Jul 24 (PTI) Police have registered a case against an undertrial prisoner after he was found possessing a mobile phone inside a jail in Beed district of Maharashtra, an official said on Thursday. The authorities later seized the phone from the prisoner, he said. 'Rafiq Sayyed is lodged in Beed jail as part of his judicial custody in a case. On Tuesday evening, he was found moving suspiciously behind the kitchen of the jail. He was later found carrying a mobile phone hidden in his undergarment. The phone did not have a SIM card," the official said. He was presented before the jail authorities and a case was then registered at the Shivajinagar police station under sections 42, 45 (12) of The Prisons Act 1894 for possessing prohibitory articles within a prison and section 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for disobeying a lawful order duly promulgated by a public servant, he said. PTI AW NP Disclaimer: Comments reflect users' views, not News18's. Please keep discussions respectful and constructive. Abusive, defamatory, or illegal comments will be removed. News18 may disable any comment at its discretion. By posting, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Time of India
6 days ago
- Time of India
8-year-old found dead in private school hostel, two juveniles detained
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: An eight-year-old student of a private residential school in the Bhokardan taluka was found murdered inside the hostel premises on Tuesday. Police have detained two juveniles. Police investigation has revealed that a petty quarrel had broken out among the boys during playtime on Monday evening. The altercation allegedly escalated, leading to the minor being strangled with a rope inside the hostel around 1am on Tuesday, when others were asleep. Ajaykumar Bansal, the Jalna superintendent of police, said an FIR has been registered in the case and appropriate action, as prescribed by law for juveniles in conflict with the law, is being taken. The incident was discovered when the hostel warden, as per the routine schedule, woke up the children at 5am on Tuesday. All children woke up except the victim. He was taken to the hospital and declared dead on arrival. The boy was a student of Std II and had been residing in the hostel for the past two months. His parents are farmers and live in a nearby village of Partur tehsil. Upon learning about the incident, police teams reached the hostel and, while questioning other students, found an eight-year-old with injury marks on his head. This boy revealed that he and another 14-year-old student had strangled the victim using a rope. Officials of the education department, child protection services, and local administration responded following the incident. Based on the deceased boy's mother's complaint, the Bhokardan police registered a murder case and invoked sections of the Juvenile Justice Act. The two boys implicated in the incident were presented before the child welfare committee late on Tuesday and were subsequently sent to a correctional home. Police suspect the child died from asphyxiation. Postmortem results are awaited to confirm the exact cause of death. Senior officers of the education department said a high-level inquiry has been initiated. The child welfare committee has taken cognisance of the case, and counselling support is being provided to the school's students.
Time of India
22-07-2025
- Time of India
Parbhani school assault: Absconding director couple arrested from Pune hotel
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Days after the director couple of a Purna-based residential school were accused in the assault and murder of a farmer in Parbhani, over a school fee and transfer certificate (TC) dispute, they were finally arrested from a hotel in Pune on Tuesday morning. The arrested couple have been identified as 48-year-old Prabhakar Chavan, and his wife Ratnamala (42), both residents of Tuljapurwadi in Vasmat of Hingoli district. The 42-year-old victim, Jagannath Hendge, was allegedly murdered on July-10. Parbhani superintendent of police Ravindrasingh Pardeshi said: "Since being on the run, the accused couple, in an attempt to evade arrest, kept changing their locations. We have found that the accused couple were staying at a Pune-based hotel for the past five to six days." Purna SDPO Samadhan Pawar, who is supervising the investigation, said the accused couple were brought to Parbhani and produced before the local court, which awarded them three-day police custody. The case pertains to the death of a 42-year-old farmer from Ukhald village, who visited a private residential school at Ziro Fata in Parbhani on Thursday to collect his daughter's TC and seek a refund of the fees paid. His daughter, a Std III student, had earlier withdrawn from the hostel due to adjustment issues. During the visit, an argument reportedly broke out between the man and the school management, following which the director and his wife allegedly assaulted him. The farmer sustained serious injuries in the incident and later died. One of the accused is a former education committee chairperson of the Hingoli zilla parishad.
