Maharashtra Police Pursue Separate Child Sexual Offence Cases in Beed, Nagpur and Bhiwandi

Overview

• Beed police registered a POCSO case after a 13-year-old migrant worker’s daughter reported two assaults, launching a manhunt for accused Suraj Kharat.
• Officers said the Beed incidents occurred on January 14 in Surdi, Kaij tehsil, and on February 8 in another village, with the accused allegedly using weapons to threaten the victim.
• Nagpur’s Nandanvan police arrested a 19-year-old and detained two minors after a 15-year-old reported being raped by three individuals following threats tied to a video recording.
• Police in Nagpur invoked provisions of the POCSO Act against the trio as the investigation proceeds.
• Nizampura police in Bhiwandi arrested 19-year-old Ravi Chandansingh Thakur on allegations of months-long sexual harassment of a 16-year-old, booking him under BNS section 74 and POCSO.