Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India]. September 25 (ANI): A 22-year-old man who was arrested for stalking and assaulting a teenaged girl passed away at the JJ Hospital on September 24 where he was admitted after complaining of uneasiness while he was lodged in a Mumbai jail, police said on Wednesday.
The accused, identified as Arif Mehboob Qureshi was sent to judicial custody on September 20 by the police for assaulting and stalking a 16-year-old girl, the police said.
The accused’s health had deteriorated and he was admitted to JJ Hospital on September 22, however, the accused passed away on September 25 morning, as per the police.
An Accidental Death Report (ADR) has been registered at the NM Joshi Marg Police Station.
The reason for the death is still unknown.
On Sunday, police officials registered a case against three people who were allegedly accused of raping and blackmailing a 22-year-old woman.
As per Achole police officials, the victim, a resident of Nalasopara area of Palghar had filed a case against three people identified as Sanju Srivastava, Naveen Singh and Hema Singh.
According to information received from the police, the accused Sanju and Naveen Singh had called the victim on the pretext of giving her money and had mixed intoxicants in water after which they raped her.
Naveen Singh, one of the accused, had made a video of the victim and blackmailed her several times. Sanju Srivastava is associated with a political party and also runs a union at Chitrikaran Studio in Naigaon, as per information from the police.
All three accused have been absconding since the case has been registered.
In a separate incident on Tuesday, police arrested one person and are searching for another suspect who is on the run after the pair allegedly gang-raped a 16-year-old girl and blackmailed her by threatening to release a video if she approached the police.
The incident took place in Palghar district’s Nalasopara neighbourhood. (ANI)
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