Nine convicted for ‘filmy’ `1.65 cr heist in Mumbai `25L govt aid for family of murdered journalist Warishe

First India Bureau

MAN ON THE RUN AFTER RAPING, IMPREGNATING 16-YEAR-OLD

Mumbai (PTI): Police are on the hunt for a man who is accused of raping a 16-year-old girl and impregnating her, officials said on Sunday. An offence was registered under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Indian Penal Code after the minor gave birth on Saturday, he said.

and 19-year-old cousin brother on Saturday, the official said.

The case was registered against the accused under various Indian Penal Code sections including 376 (rape), 376-II (gang rape), and provisions of the Protection of Children for Sexual Offence (POCSO) Act, and an investigation has been launched into the case, the official added.

First India Bureau Mumbai: A court here has convicted nine people for robbing a businessman of Rs1.65 crore in a heist reminiscent of the plot of Hindi film Special 26—which itself was based on the real-life Opera House heist of 1987—by posing as Income Tax officers. Six convicts were sentenced to 10 years in jail, and the other three received fiveyear terms.

Pronouncing the crime “serious in nature,” Additional Sessions Judge of the Dindoshi court, MI Lokwani found the accused guilty of dacoity, trespassing and kidnapping in the order passed on February 01 and made available recently.

According to the businessman’s complaint, an acquaintance had visited his residence 20 days prior to the incident, and asked him to hold on to two bags for a few days. As a gesture of goodwill, he took the bags and locked them in a separate cupboard, telling only his wife about them.

On June 02, 2015, a group of persons claiming to be I-T officers confiscated mobile phones and found the two bags— which contained jewellery worth Rs40 lakh, Rs1 crore in cash, and Indian and foreign watches worth Rs25 lakh—following their

35-minute “raid” at the businessman’s house.

Locking the businessman’s family in a room, they directed him to accompany them to the I-T office in Worli, the prosecution told the court.

Having loaded the complainant and the two bags into a car, the accused drove for a while, but eventually dropped him off and told him to