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Five Booked for Abducting and Assaulting Tribal Siblings in Palghar
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News18•19-10-2026, 16:45
Five Booked for Abducting and Assaulting Tribal Siblings in Palghar
- •Five individuals have been booked in Maharashtra's Palghar district for allegedly abducting and assaulting two tribal brothers.
- •The victims, belonging to the Katkari community, refused to work in a sugarcane field due to family issues and wanted to return their advance money.
- •The siblings were abducted from Palghar and Nashik, taken to Karjat in Ahilyanagar, and thrashed during illegal confinement on October 16.
- •A police team rescued the brothers following an alert by a Shramjeevi Sanghatana functionary.
- •The accused face charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the SC and ST Atrocities Act, and the Bonded Labour System Abolition Act.
Key Questions Answered
Five persons were booked for allegedly abducting and assaulting two tribal brothers after the siblings wanted to return an advance of Rs 2,85,000 and refused to work in a sugarcane field due to family issues.
The two tribal brothers who were abducted and thrashed belong to the marginalised Katkari community.
The five accused were booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and the Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act.
