Maharashtra: Autorickshaw motive force held for raping vacationer
A 26-year-old autorickshaw motive force has been arrested from a village close to Panvel in Raigad district of Maharashtra for allegedly raping an 18-year-old lady vacationer from Chhattisgarh on December 27, police mentioned on Tuesday.
The sufferer hailed from Jashpur. She used to be visiting Mumbai and neighbouring spaces to rejoice Christmas and New 12 months, an officer mentioned.
Panvel police station senior inspector Ajaykumar Landge advised newshounds that the accused used to be arrested from Barwai village inside 12 hours of committing the crime on Sunday.
He mentioned the girl had travelled to Jharkhand after which to Delhi, ahead of achieving Bandra railway station in Mumbai on December 22.
On the other hand, a price ticket checker at Bandra railway station passed her over to Kid Helpline after discovering her by myself. The girl used to be then shifted to a refuge ahead of she used to be allowed to head, he mentioned.
On December 26, the girl travelled to Panvel railway station. She used to be befriended by way of a person and stayed with him for an afternoon, the police officer mentioned.
“Throughout investigation, it got here to gentle that the girl is a resident of Chhattisgarh who travelled to Mumbai to rejoice Christmas and New 12 months,” Landge mentioned.
On December 27, the girl employed an autorickshaw at Panvel to visit Gandhi Lawn locality. On the other hand, the autorickshaw motive force drove her to an remoted position close to the Wadghar river financial institution and dragged her to trees. He raped her after threatening to spoil her head with a stone, he mentioned quoting the FIR.
For the reason that lady used to be new to the realm of the crime, police trusted informants and took lend a hand of different autorickshaw drivers to 0 in at the accused.
A case has been registered below sections 376(Punishment for rape) and 506- 2 (Punishment for prison intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), he added.
