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Mumbai: 19 cases of rape against minor girls under POCSO Act filed in two days
Updated On: 02 September, 2024 08:45 AM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
On average daily 12 rape and POSCO cases were registered till 23 August; in the last 8 days, the city has witnessed 59 rape with POSCO cases 15 and 11 cases registered on 26 August and 30 August
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In the past two days, 19 cases of rape involving minor girls under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act have come to light in the city, three of which are particularly alarming. The first case was reported at Malad police station on Saturday.
According to the police sources, a 17-year-old minor boy raped a 16-year-old girl. The girl is 8 weeks pregnant. After the case came to light, on the complaint of the victim girl`s mother, Malad police registered a case caught the accused boy, and sent him to a Dongri children`s home. Since the incident happened within the limits of Kandivali police station, the case has been handed over to Kandivali police for further investigation.
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