14-year-old girl raped, impregnated by schoolmate in Thane district
Thane (PTI): A 14-year-old girl was raped and impregnated allegedly by her schoolmate in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Saturday.
Based on a complaint, the police on Thursday registered a case under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against the boy, who is also 14 years old, an official said.
He said that both the girl and the accused live in the same locality and attend the same school.
As per the complaint, the assault took place in May when the accused allegedly called the girl to his house and raped her, and she was later found to be pregnant.
A probe is underway, and no one has been detained in the case, the official said.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
