12-year-old raped
A 12-year-old girl was raped by a 30-year-old man in Indira Nagar Vasahat in Koliyad village in the Karjan police station area on Tuesday night, the police said, adding that the man's wife escorted the girl to the fields, where her husband raped her. Both the man and his wife have been absconding since the incident; the girl was medically examined in the Karjan dispensary.Purse stolen
An unidentified miscreant snatched a purse belonging to one Draupadiben Premkumar Parikh, a resident of Anand Society in Jetalpur area, on Monday evening, the police said. According to police, the women was standing outside her house around 8 pm when a youth approached her, snatched her purse -- containing Rs 700 and ran away. A case of robbery has been registered in the J P Road police station.
Dead
One Udesinh Sindha, a resident of Karakhri village of Padra taluka, who sustained serious injuries after being assaulted by Ghanshyam Sindha of the same village on Monday night, succumbed to his injuries in the SSG Hospital on Tuesday afternoon. His wife Mane, who was also injured in the process, is still under treatment in the SSG Hospital. A case of murder has been booked against the accused, who is absconding.
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