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Navi Mumbai: Minor girl sexually assaulted and murdered
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News18•14-10-2026, 20:00
Navi Mumbai: Minor girl sexually assaulted and murdered
- •A shocking incident occurred in the Turbhe MIDC area of Navi Mumbai where a 9-year-old girl was sexually assaulted and murdered.
- •The girl went missing after stepping out to play on Saturday afternoon, prompting her family to file a missing person complaint at the Turbhe police station.
- •CCTV footage and secret informants revealed that an acquaintance of the victim's father had lured her away with the promise of a treat.
- •The accused took her to a forest near the Bavkleshwar Temple hill in Pawne MIDC, committed the assault, strangled her, and abandoned her body.
- •Displaying swift action, the Turbhe MIDC police successfully arrested the accused at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station as he attempted to flee.
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After the 9-year-old girl went out to play on Saturday afternoon and failed to return by evening, her mother searched the neighborhood and eventually filed a missing person complaint at the Turbhe police station.
Using local CCTV footage and secret informant tips, police traced the victim heading toward Mahape with an acquaintance of her father. The suspect was swiftly arrested at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) railway station as he prepared to flee.
Interrogation and crime scene inspection revealed that the suspect lured the girl with a treat, took her to the forest near Bavkleshwar Temple hill in Pawne MIDC, sexually assaulted her, and then strangled her to death.
