Maharashtra: Woman injured in acid attack in Navi Mumbai; husband booked

The Navi Mumbai Police in Maharashtra have registered a case against a man for allegedly throwing acid on his wife following an argument an official said Sunday reported the PTIAccording to the PTI the police on Saturday registered a case under section 326a causing grievous hurt by use of acid of the Indian Penal Code the official saidThe accused Ramzan Siddiqu Gazi allegedly threw acid on his wife Amina Khatun 28 after a heated argument at their home in Panvel on January 20 he said as per the PTIThe victim who suffered injuries to her face is undergoing treatment at her hometown in West Bengal he saidShe lodged a complaint with the Baniapukur police in West Bengal and the case was transferred to Panvel taluka police the official said adding that no arrest has been made in the case so farMeanwhile in an another incident the Palghar Police have arrested a man who had been on the run for the past few months after being booked for allegedly repeatedly raping his 22yearold daughter and impregnating her in Palghar district of Maharashtra an official said on Saturday reported the PTIHis daughter whom the accused raped multiple times from 2021 died in November last year at a hospital during her tuberculosis treatment he saidThe 53yearold accused resided in Nalasopara He was on the run since the last several months after a case was registered against him for allegedly raping his daughter between 2021 and November 2023 He also impregnated the victim and thrashed her which led to her miscarriage senior inspector Pramod Badakh saidThe victim was admitted to a hospital in a serious condition on November 14 last year for treatment of tuberculosis However she died there on the same day he said adding that her mother then lodged a complaint against the accusedThe complainant alleged that besides her daughter the accused beat her up as wellBased on a complaint an offence was registered at the Nalasopara police station under Indian Penal Code IPC sections 3762n repeated rape on the same woman 354A sexual harassment 342 wrongful confinement 312 causing miscarriage 323 voluntarily causing hurt 504 intentional insult and 506 criminal intimidation in November last year he saidThe crime branch formed a special team to trace the accused and the team members worked on several leads before finally nabbing him from Virar township in the district on February 7 the official saidDuring his interrogation it came to light that the accused kept changing places He was hiding in Aurangabad and Mumbai he addedwith PTI inputs