Teen rapes six-year-old girl in Chhattisgarh's Raipur; detained
Raipur (PTI): A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a boy in a locality on the outskirts of Chhattisgarh's Raipur city, police said on Friday.
The 14-year-old accused has been detained in connection with the incident and sent to a juvenile home, they said.
The incident took place in a locality under Dharsinwa police station limits on Thursday afternoon, additional superintendent of police (Raipur City) Lakhan Patle said.
As per preliminary information, the teen took the child to his house and allegedly sexually assaulted her, he said.
When the girl returned home, she complained of pain and experienced bleeding in her private parts, following which her mother took her to a hospital, he said.
The child's parents then informed the police, and she was shifted to Dr B R Ambedkar Memorial Hospital. Her condition is said to be normal, he said.
A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and the boy has been detained, Patle 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.
