A nine-year-old girl has landed in the hospital after being raped by a 19-year-old, who had recently come to the city looking for a job. The incident took place in Ghatkopar (west) on Thursday at around 12.30 pm when the girl, his neighbour, accidentally strayed into his room while playing and he raped her in the bathroom. The victim came out, severely bleeding from her private parts, and narrated the incident upon being questioned by other residents. The accused has been arrested and remanded to police custody till April 9.
The accused, Zafar Shaikh (19), had come to the city around 15 days ago and first stayed with his sister at Kurla.
“He then moved to Tardev Chawl in Narayan Nagar three days ago. On the day of the incident, the girl accidentally entered his room where the accused was sleeping and upon seeing the victim, took her into the bathroom and raped her. Other residents later questioned her and she narrated the incident. A complaint was filed in the evening and the accused was placed under arrest,” said senior PI Ram Mandurke of the Ghatkopar police station.
“A medical test has been conducted, which has confirmed that she was raped. He been booked for rape under the IPC and several Sections of the PCSOA,” said PI (crime) Rajkumar Kothimire.
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Man held for unnatural sex with boy
Age Correspondent
Mumbai, April 5
A middle-aged driver was arrested on Thursday for allegedly kidnapping and having unnatural sex with a 13-year-old boy last week in the Vakola area of Santa Cruz (east), the police said.
The accused Mohammad Jamshed Shaikh was passing by the Air India Colony in Vakola, when he saw a water tap and stopped to wash his car. The victim is a resident of the same colony. He was playing outside with a group of friends when Shaikh spotted him.
When the victim came near Shaikh’s vehicle, he lured him and took him to his car. Shaikh then intimidated the victim and had unnatural sex with him. When the boy raised an alarm, Shaikh pushed him out and drove away. The victim’s friends, however, managed to note down the number of the vehicle.
The victim then went home and confided in his parents after which they approached the Vakola police station and registered a case against an unknown person under Section 377 (unnatural sex), 506 (2) (criminal intimidation) and 363 (kidnapping) of the IPC and other sections of the Protection of Children and sexual offences Act.
The police managed to trace Shaikh’s residence at Kurla, but he was on the run. Shaikh was finally arrested in Ghatkopar on Thursday.