2 teenagers stripped, forced to indulge in unnatural sex over money dispute in Mumbai
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Mumbai (PTI): Two teenage male friends, one of them a minor, have allegedly been stripped and forced to indulge in unnatural sex by some persons over non-payment of money in Mumbai, police said on Tuesday.
The accused persons, who are in angadia (courier) business, also filmed the act and threatened the victims that they would circulate it on social media, an official said.
The incident occurred two weeks back and the main accused has been arrested, while search was on for three other persons, he said.
The accused had lent some money to the victims and also accused them of committing a theft, the police said without giving more details.
The two victims were allegedly kidnapped, physically assaulted and confined to a room. They were allegedly stripped and forced to indulge in oral sex, the complaint stated.
Based on a complaint filed by the victims, a case has been registered at the Lokmanya Tilak Marg Police Station against the accused under provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the official said.
One of the accused has been arrested so far and search was on for three other persons involved in the crime, he said, adding that police teams have been sent various places to trace the culprits.
The minor victim has a theft case previously registered against him with the Kurla Government Railway Police (GRP). He has been kept at a children's home in Kurla.
The police were verifying the allegations made in the complaint, the official said.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
