Dalit girl raped in Mathura village
Mathura (PTI): An eight-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by an unidentified man in a village here when she was returning home from a relative's place, police said on Tuesday.
The incident took place at 8:30 pm on Sunday in the Mahavan police station area, they said.
According to a police complaint lodged by the girl's father, she had gone to the relative's place in their village on Sunday. When she was returning home, an unidentified man lured her to a secluded place on the pretext of giving her a toffee and raped her before fleeing, Additional Superintendent of Police, (Rural) Trigun Bisen said.
The girl managed to reach home. She was bleeding and was immediately taken to the district hospital, where she was administered first aid and later referred to S N Medical College, Agra. She is doing better now, he said.
On the basis of the complaint lodged by the girl's father, Bisen said, an FIR has been registered in the matter and efforts are on to trace the accused.
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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.
