Police seek help to collect baby’s DNA in teen rape case

Mateen Hafeez | TNN | May 22, 2018, 06:03 IST

 

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MUMBAI: Marine Drive police have sought expert opinion on collecting and preserving DNA samples of a newly-born girl whose mother is a rape survivor. The suspected biological 20-yearold father is on the run.

A 37-year-old beauty parlour owner had approached police on Saturday alleging that the youth had raped his 17-year-old daughter at Marine Drive. The girl had delivered a baby girl on May 16. The case was transferred to Marine Drive police station. 

 

 The accused has been booked for rape and under sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The DNA test can help make a watertight case, police said, as it is admissible evidence in court.

The Bombay HC had released a rape accused on bail after the DNA of the child born to the survivor did not match that of his in March. The Bhiwandi youth was arrested for allegedly raping his 16-year-old neighbour and spent two years in jail. The rape victim had delivered a baby. Justice Revati Dere had ordered that the accused be released on a personal bond of Rs15,000.

The Times of India, May 22, 2018

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Man in Pocso net as 17-year-old rape survivor delivers baby

Mateen Hafeez | TNN | May 21, 2018, 04:03 IST

 

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MUMBAI: The mother of a 17-year-old girl filed a rape case against a 20-year-old youth for raping her daughter, which resulted in she getting pregnant.
The case was registered after the survivor delivered a girl on Wednesday. Marine Drive police have invoked sections of Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act against the accused.

The 37-year-old beauty parlour owner approached a police station near Bandra and narrated her daughter’s ordeal. She told them her daughter had delivered a baby on May 16. She claimed her daughter was taken to the tetrapods at Marine Drive and raped by the accused last September. The survivor has given police the youth’s first name description and details.

A police officer said she had been to Bandra and Santacruz with him. “But they mentioned Marine Drive as the crime scene so police registered a case and transferred it to Marine Drive police,” said an officer.
Marine Drive police are going through call data records of the accused and others connected to him. “We will soon track him down,” added a senior police officer, adding, “The survivor and accused were in love and would go to Vile Parle and Santacruz frequently.


The girl had been telling her family that she was suffering from stomach pain but they ignored it and later learnt she was pregnant,” added the officer. The youth has been booked under section 376 (rape) of IPC and sections 4 (punishment for penetrative sexual assault), 8 (punishment for sexual assault) and 12 (sexual harassment) of Pocso Act. The punishment under section 4 of Pocso is not less than 7 years which may extend to life imprisonment.

The Times of India, May 21, 2018

Man held for harassing boy, demanding marriage

Mateen Hafeez





Mumbai: The Nehru Nagar police arrested a 35-year-old man for sexually harassing a 17-yearold boy and demanding that he marry him.

 

Police arrested Shadab Dalvi for also attempting to kiss the minor and showing him porn videos on his mobile phone. The victim, a diesel mechanic diploma student at a south Mumbai college, narrated the incident to his parents, who approached police. The victim told police he met Dalvi at a gym and later they became friends. “One day , Dalvi sent me a message on my Facebook account asking if I was interested in going to an Ajmer shrine. We both went in April. On reaching there, Dalvi took me to a small lodge and booked a room. Once we entered, he tried to kiss me, he removed my trousers and showed me porn videos. I got scared and ran outside but as I did not know anyone, I returned,“ the boy told police. He told police that when they went to the market the next day , Dalvi teased him, saying he should buy and wear female clothes and he would look nice in them. Dalvi also allegedly told him that he wanted to marry him. The victim told Dalvi he had to appear for exams and they returned to Mumbai. Last week, Dalvi called him near the railway tracks and again tried to kiss him and insisted on marriage. Dalvi was held under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.





The Times of India, May 11, 2017

Minors' rape: Cops await DNA reports

Mateen Hafeez



Mumbai: Two months after a 34-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping his two stepdaughters, police are awaiting DNA reports from the forensic science lab. The two girls--aged 15 and 17--were pregnant and had to undergo abortions. The case came to light in March when the mother, along with the daughters, planned a outing. “The accused insisted that she leave behind one daughter. When the mother refused, he slit his wrist. He was rushed to hospital and given first aid,“ said Dilip Ugale, senior inspector at Kalachowkie police station.

When the police was called, the mother gave her statement, but the cops found the two girls were scared.“We spoke to them and the girl revealed that they were being raped by their stepfather. Their mother would go for work early in the morning and return by evening.The accused would rape the younger daughter in the morning and the older one in the afternoon. Both were pregnant,“ said the officer.

The Times of India, May 10, 2017

Vikhroli slum tense after 2-yr-old's rape

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Neighbour Caught After Crime In Jungle, Thrashed By Locals

 

Mumbai: Ram Nagar, a shanty settlement on a hill in the suburb of Vikhroli, experienced a spontaneous bandh on Saturday and more than 500 people staged a protest after a two-anda-half-year-old girl was raped by her 23-year-old neighbour on Friday night. The locals caught Sushant Singh, an unemployed man, and thrashed him before handing him over to police.
JD More, assistant commissioner of police, said around 9.15 pm, Singh had taken the girl from her house on the pretext of buying chocolates for her. As she did not return after half an hour, her mother informed the neighbours, who immediately started a search. As the news spread, a local recalled seeing Singh taking the girl toward the stairs that leads to the jungle.

The child's father, a watchman, had gone for work when the incident happened.
More than a hundred youngsters entered the jungle to search for her. The girl was found unconscious on the hill around 700 metres away from her home.

“The locals found the girl lying unconscious near Khandoba Tekri, on the hill, around 10.30 pm. A few metres away , they saw Singh. As the girl was bleeding, they suspected somet hing fishy . Some youngsters became angry and started beating Singh who then admitted to having sexually assaulted her,“ said a police officer.

The girl was taken home and her father had, by then, returned home after hearing about her being missing. “She was rushed to Rajawadi hospital.The doctors operated up on the girl and she is now stable,“ said police inspector Prakash Chaughale.

A police team rushed the spot and took Singh in to custody. He has been booked for kidnapping and raping a minor.The girl's mother became unconscious after hearing that she was sexually assaulted. She was given first aid. On Saturday morning, all the restaurants and shops, including medical stores, were shut and over 500 people gathered at Ram Nagar to stage a protest. Police force was deployed in the area to maintain law and order.

“We want a speedy trial and fast conviction. It's a heinous crime. The man had assaulted a girl who cannot even speak properly ,“ an angry local said. “It's the police's job to ensure he is convicted. We want this case to be tried in the fast track court,“ said another resident.
Singh was produced before a court on Saturday and remanded in police custody .

The Times of India, August 14, 2016