Four held for assaulting two teens, including a minor

According to the police, the accused angadia operator is a resident of Gulalwadi near Kalbadevi, where he also has his office.

As per the police complaint filed with LT Marg police station, on July 4 the accused operator and his associates caught the two teenagers attempting to steal their cash from the angadia’s Parbhani office. The four allegedly forced the two teenagers into a car in Parbhani and drove them to Pune, and from there brought them to Mumbai. Along the way, they allegedly assaulted the two teenagers inside the vehicle.

After this, the four allegedly confined the two teens in their south Mumbai office, where they assaulted the duo with a belt and kicked them, the 19-year-old complainant teenager alleged in the FIR. The accused also forced the two teens to commit an unnatural sexual act and filmed it, he added in his statement to the police.

After beating the two, the four accused handed them to Kurla Government Railway police (GRP) as the minor boy, who used to work at the Angadia operator’s office, had previously stolen nearly Rs 4 lakh cash a few months ago and had fled.

Kurla GRP took him into their custody and sent him to the child correction home in Dongri, while the 19-year-old was let off. Later, he approached the LT Marg police station and filed a complaint against the angadia. Police immediately registered a POCSO Act case and arrested the angadia operator and sent a team to Parbhani to nab three other accused, an officer said.

Probe revealed that the minor boy, who is originally from Rajasthan, had come to Mumbai and was working at the accused angadia’s office. But, he reportedly fled after stealing his employer’s cash whiile it was being transported to another location.

“The minor boy along with his cousin (the complainant teenager) hatched a plan to steal cash again from the Angadiya’s parcels, but were caught in Parbhani,” the police said.

“After securing permission from the child welfare committee, we will record the minor’s statement in the children home and probe the matter further,” an officer who was part of the probe said.
Police have booked the four accused under sections 137(2), 140(3), 118(1), 127(2), 3(5) of the Bhartiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) and 4, 8, 12, 14(2) of POCSO Act.