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A 36-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping and marrying a minor relative in Palghar district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Ajay Singh, held his 17-year-old niece captive at his home in Virar area, Palghar police spokesperson Hemant Kumar Katkar said. He allegedly married her forcibly and raped her repeatedly between November 2017 and December last year, the official said. The accused also beat up the girl when she resisted his moves and prevented her from meeting her parents, he said. Unable to bear the torture, the girl managed to escape from his house sometime back and approached the police. Based on her complaint, Singh was arrested on Wednesday and booked him under Indian Penal Code sections for rape, abduction to compel for marriage, voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation, and under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), he said. Read Complete Article

A touch of glitter and a dash of glamour, laced with safety and security, marked the ' dahi-handi ' celebrations in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Monday. By noon however, nearly 10 youngsters fell and were injured at various venues while forming human pyramids and were rushed to hospitals, officials said. Since morning, thousands of Govinda groups trooped out and fanned out all over the city and in places like Pune, Nagpur, Kolhapur and others to form human pyramids and break the 'dahi-handi', an earthen pot having a delicious mixture of curd and butter, commemorating the birth and symbolizing the spirit of Lord Krishna. Lord Krishna 's birth was heralded amid prayers, chanting hymns, ringing bells and aartis at the two main venues in Mumbai -- the ISKCON temples in Chowpatty and Juhu -- at the midnight of Sunday-Monday, with a welcome drizzle in many parts of Mumbai. "Thousands of devotees prayed here. The temple is decorated with ...