06 November,2023 05:01 PM IST | Thane | mid-day online correspondent
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A 17-year-old girl who had reportedly ran away from her home was reunited with her family in Maharashtra's Thane district on Monday, an official from the Railway Protection Force said, reported the PTI.
According to the news agency, an RPF head constable found the girl and her friend sleeping on a foot overbridge at Dativali railway station in Diva around 2 am, inspector Girish Tiwari of Diva RPF said.
On questioning, the duo informed that they had left their homes on November 4, following which their families had approached the police and offences of kidnapping and missing person reports were registered, he said.
The RPF got in touch with their families with the help of Mumbra police and reunited them, the official said, as per the PTI.
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Meanwhile, in an another incident last week, Tte Government Railway Police (GRP) is on the lookout for a Railway Protection Force (RPF) head constable, who was based in Pune, for allegedly keeping a 17-year-old in confinement for six days and raping her repeatedly. An associate of the accused, who also allegedly sexually assaulted the minor, has been arrested.
The minor had allegedly eloped with a 22-year-old man, from Chhattisgarh on September 9. When the duo reached Pune railway station on September 12, they were spotted by Head Constable Anil Pawar who saw them sitting cluelessly on the premises. When he came to know about their situation, he allegedly took them to an NGO office run by him and held both captive.
"He told them he was a cop and if the police took action against the man, he would rot in jail. He advised them to accompany him to an NGO office near the railway station" said a GRP officer. "The duo was taken to an NGO named Siddharth Multipurpose Society, which is run by Pawar himself," he added.
According to the minor's statement, Pawar held both of them captive at the NGO office and raped her multiple times from September 12 to 17. She also alleged that his associate also allegedly raped her.
The duo was taken back to Sahaspur Lohara police station where a kidnapping case had been registered. The cops booked the man for kidnapping and sexually
assaulting the girl. The girl, however, revealed that the RPF constable and his associate had allegedly raped her multiple times.
(with PTI inputs)
