02 October,2023 06:29 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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The police in Thane district of Maharashtra arrested a man for allegedly abducting his live-in partner after a dispute, a police official said on Monday, reported the PTI.
According to the news agency, the 34-year-old suspect allegedly stopped the victim, who works in a bar, when she was returning home on Sunday but her screams alerted police, he said.
"The woman was rescued. The victim's mother and sister have also been booked in the matter. Further probe is underway," Kolsewadi police station inspector SG Gavali said, as per the PTI.
Meanwhile, in an another incident, two Mumbai Police officials foiled a robbery at knife point by three men and saved a man's life after he was allegedly attacked by the suspects. The cops nabbed one of the three attackers red handed and also immediately responded to an urgent medical attention needed to the injured victim and shifted him to a nearby hospital, a police official said on Monday.
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According to the police, the incident took place on September 30 night when the victim, an auto rickshaw driver, was stopped by three people at Shilphata area in Thane and was on his way to Mankhurd. Upon reaching a deserted spot in Mankhurd area of eastern Mumbai, the trio asked the driver to stop the vehicle and began to rob him at knife point. In the process the victim also allegedly sustained some injuries.
The police said, while the suspects were in the process of a robbery at knife point, the victim called out for help and two Mumbai Police officials- Machindra Kharade and Santosh Damale heard his call and reached at the spot. The two cops witnessed the commotion and immediately rushed for the victim's aid however, the suspects resisted and in the process two of them fled from the spot while the cops duo nabbed one of the suspects red handed.
"The police officials noticed that the victim was in urgent need of help and rushed him to a nearby hospital," the official added.
One of the suspects was later brought to the Mankhurd Police station where he was placed under arrest. An FIR was registered against the three accused involved in the crime under relevant sections of the IPC.
(with PTI inputs)
