School van driver arrested in Badlapur for alleged molestation of four-year-old student
Badlapur West police on Thursday arrested a 37-year-old school van driver on charges of molesting a four-year-old girl, registering a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The accused was taken into custody late in the evening and is scheduled to be produced before a court on Friday, senior inspector Kishor Shinde said.
According to police, the incident occurred when the driver was dropping the child home after school. The girl, a junior KG student at an English-medium school located about three kilometres from her residence, was reportedly the last student in the van at the time of the alleged assault. Officers said the child appeared distressed after reaching home and initially did not speak about the incident. Her parents later took her into confidence, following which she narrated what had happened.
The family subsequently approached the Badlapur West police station and filed a complaint, based on which the case was registered. A police team then went to the accused’s residence and brought him to the station for questioning before formally arresting him.
According to The Indian Express official informed, “Once we get the accused’s custody, we will investigate how long he has been working as a driver and whether there is any past record of such incidents or other criminal cases 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.
