Thane history-sheeter, his accomplices hold tribal man captive, thrash him over land dispute

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A 41-year-old tribal man was allegedly abducted and held captive at a bungalow in Thane district of Maharashtra by a Thane history-sheeter and his accomplices, who also threatened and assaulted him over a land dispute, police said on Saturday, reported news agency PTI.

The incident occurred during the intervening night of Thursday and Friday, an official of Padgha police station, where Santosh Deoo Babar, from Udidpada village in Bhiwandi taluka, lodged the complaint, said, reported PTI.

The prime accused in the case, Yasin Shahnawaz Chikhlekar, is a notorious criminal, who had been externed from several districts, including Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Mumbai city and suburban, and Nashik, for two years from January 2014, he said, reported PTI.

The Thane history-sheeter was booked along with his five accomplices under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 365 (abduction), 143 (unlawful assembly), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult), 506 (criminal intimidation) and the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the police said, reported PTI.

Chikhlekar abducted the victim from a brick kiln in Tulsi around 11 pm on Thursday. He was then taken to Chikhlekar's office nearby, where he was threatened and subjected to physical and verbal abuse, reported PTI.

As per the complaint, the victim was later held captive at a bungalow overnight and forced to consume liquor and assaulted with bottles.

After being released, Babar sought the assistance of an NGO, which helped him in filing the complaint, reported PTI.

According to police, the accused faces several criminal cases, including attempt to murder.

In another incident, police have arrested a man, who had been on the run for the past few months after being booked for allegedly repeatedly raping his 22-year-old daughter and impregnating her in Palghar district of Maharashtra, an official said on Saturday, reported PTI.

His daughter, whom the accused raped multiple times from 2021, died in November last year at a hospital during her tuberculosis treatment, he said.

"The 53-year-old accused resided in Nalasopara. He was on the run since the last several months after a case was registered against him for allegedly raping his daughter between 2021 and November 2023. He also impregnated the victim and thrashed her, which led to her miscarriage," senior inspector Pramod Badakh said, reported PTI.

"The victim was admitted to a hospital in a serious condition on November 14 last year for treatment of tuberculosis. However, she died there on the same day," he said, adding that her mother then lodged a complaint against the accused, reported PTI.

The complainant alleged that besides her daughter, the accused beat her up as well.

(With inputs from PTI)