Mumbai: Offender arrested for sexually assaulting teenager walks out of police station, flees in cab
Mumbai: A 50-year-old man, who was arrested for sexually assaulting a teenaged boy, walked out of a police station in Mumbai and fled in a cab, a police official said on Wednesday.
The incident took place at Nagpada police station on Tuesday when the accused was to be taken to Taloja jail in neighboring Navi Mumbai in connection with the case against him, he said.
He was brought to the police station here as cops required some photocopies of documents related to the case.
While the police personnel was busy in the work, the accused walked out of the police station, took a cab, and fled, the official said.
The search was underway for the accused, he said.
Giving details of his case, the official said the accused had assured a teenaged boy, who got separated from his family, that he will help in finding his father.
While the boy was with him, the accused allegedly sexually assaulted him in a room, he said.
The boy later managed to get out of that place and reach his residence where he informed his parents about the offence, the official said.
The police had subsequently arrested the accused and registered a case against him.
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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.
