In Maharashtra’s Thane, minor raped for 8 months, 24 arrested

Thane, September 23

A 15-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped multiple times over a period of eight months in Maharashtra’s Thane district. The police have arrested 24 persons and detained two minors in the case, an official said today.

Based on the girl’s complaint, the Manpada police in Dombivli registered a case on Wednesday night against 33 persons under IPC Sections 376 (rape), 376 (n) (repeated rape), 376 (d) (gang-rape), 376 (3) (rape on a woman under sixteen years of age), and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.

The development came against the backdrop of the brutal rape and murder of a woman in Mumbai’s Sakinaka area, and Maharashtra Governor’s subsequent letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, seeking a special session of the Assembly to discuss women’s safety.

Additional Commissioner of Police (East region) Dattatray Karale told the media the alleged incidents in the present case took place between January 29 and September 22 this year. — PTI