Based on a complaint, the Kalwa police on Sunday registered a first information report under sections 69 (sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc.), 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt) and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, an official said
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The police on Tuesday said that a case has been registered against a mother-son duo for alleged rape and assault on a 36-year-old woman in Maharashtra's Thane district, reported news agency PTI.
Based on a complaint, the Kalwa police on Sunday registered a first information report under sections 69 (sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means, etc.), 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt) and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita, an official said, reported PTI.
He said the alleged crime took place between June 6, 2023 and February 2025.
The complainant has alleged that the accused man, a resident of Kalwa, befriended her on social media and lured her into a physical relationship with the promise of marriage. The accused, who was already married, allegedly raped the woman on multiple occasions with his mother's knowledge, the official said, reported PTI.
He said later, the victim saw photographs of other women on the accused's mobile phone and confronted him, and he assaulted her.
The police are probing into the allegations, and no arrests have been made so far.
Man sexually assaults four-year-old girl on pretext of giving cold water; held
In another incident, a 55-year-old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl under the pretext of giving her chilled water to drink in Borivali area of Mumbai, police said, reported PTI.
According to police, the accused, Ram Lalit Yadav, threatened the girl with dire consequences after committing the crime in his shanty on Sunday afternoon, reported PTI.
A police official said the parents of the girl were worried about her changed behaviour as she stopped talking and looked scared.
"After she narrated her ordeal, the parents approached MHB police station and lodged an FIR against Yadav," the official said, reported PTI.
Yadav was arrested under relevant sections of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. Further investigation is underway, the official added.
(With inputs from PTI)
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