Man attacks, kills girlfriend in public in Palghar; detained
Palghar (PTI): A 20-year-old woman was attacked and killed allegedly by her boyfriend in full public view in Maharashtra's Palghar district on Tuesday morning, police said.
A video of the attack that took place around 8.30 am in the Chinchpada locality of Vasai has surfaced on social media.
The victim, Aarti Yadav, was on her way to work with her boyfriend, Rohit Yadav, when they quarrelled midway, an official said.
Rohit allegedly stabbed the victim multiple times with a sharp object and continued to attack her even after she collapsed on the ground, he said.
The accused did not flee the scene and sat on the steps near the body, the official said.
A team from the Valiv police rushed to the spot and sent the body for a post-mortem, he said.
“The accused attacked the woman with an industrial spanner, and there were 18 wounds on her body,” senior inspector Jairaj Ranawre of Valiv police said.
The victim and the accused, who has been detained, lived in the same neighbourhood in Nalla Sopara, and worked at an industrial estate, he said.
The couple had been in a relationship for the last six years, but they were having problems as the accused suspected the woman of having an affair with another man, the official said.
In a video of the attack, the accused can be seen attacking the woman repeatedly, with no one in the vicinity coming to her rescue.
According to the police, some passersby just stood and witnessed the attack, and some even shot videos.
The police have detained a woman and a man who shot videos of the attack and uploaded them on social media.
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4 held for sexually assaulting woman, girl on moving bus after social media alert in UP's Agra
Agra (UP) (PTI): Four people were arrested, after a prompt response by police following a social media alert, for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman and a girl inside a moving bus here, officials said on Tuesday.
According to an official police statement, at 12:27 am on April 27, information was received on the social media platform X about an incident of sexual assault on a bus travelling from Kanpur to Ahmedabad, which was approaching Namner crossing in Agra.
Acting under the direction of Police Commissioner Deepak Kumar, the Agra Police social media team immediately alerted the Rakabganj police station within minutes and coordinated with the victims to confirm the incident and obtain the exact location, it stated.
Police teams launched intensive checking at Namner crossing and intercepted the bus as it reached the spot. The four accused involved in the incident were apprehended on the spot, and legal action was initiated against them, the statement said.
The police said the swift response and coordination between the social media team and field units ensured timely action, bringing relief to the victims and other passengers, who expressed gratitude towards the police, it added.
