Teenage girl gang-raped in Palghar; two held

The Palghar district rural police in Maharashtra on Monday arrested two suspects for allegedly raping a 15yearold girl the police said reported the PTIAccording to the PTI the accused were held from Talasari under section 376 rape and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act an official saidBoth men are in their mid20s the official saidOne of the accused befriended the victim on Instagram and on April 30 he took her to his house where he raped her he said as per the PTIOn May 4 the two accused repeatedly raped the girl at different locations the official saidThe duo had used fake names to identify themselves but based on intelligence and technical inputs the police zeroed in on them he saidThe accused have been remanded to police custody till May 9 and further probe is underway the official said the news agency reportedMan held in UP after 40 years of absconding in kidnapping and rape caseThe Mumbai Police have arrested a 70yearold man who had been absconding in a kidnapping and rape case for the last 40 years from Agra in Uttar Pradesh an official said on Tuesday the PTI reported on TuesdayThe accused was identified as Papa alias Dawood Bandu Khan he saidBased on specific information a team of personnel from Dr Dadabhai Bhadkamkar Marg police station in south Mumbai apprehended Khan from Agra on Monday he saidHe was brought to Mumbai on a transit remand and will be produced before the court here he saidIn 1984 a case of kidnapping and rape was registered against Khan based on a complaint filed by a woman he saidKhan had been arrested in the case and was out on bailAs the trial of the case started he attended just a couple of hearings and did not appear before the court after that The court had declared him absconding in the case the official saidA team from Dr D B Marg police station had launched a search and also visited his Falkland Road residence but it came to light that he had sold this property and left the city along with his familyDuring the investigation it was revealed that he was somewhere in the northern states the official saidAll these years various police teams tried to search him but he remained untraced he saidHowever the police officials recently received specific information that he is staying with his family in Agra Accordingly a police team was sent to this Uttar Pradesh city where Khan was apprehended the official saidwith PTI inputs