Mumbai: Teen boy consumes rat poison after assault by aunts, admitted to hospital

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A 16-year-old boy consumed rat poison after being beaten up allegedly by his two aunts, a Mumbai police official told PTI on Sunday.

As per the PTI report, the incident happened on Friday in the Dadar residence of the two women after he refused to go for some work, the Bandra Kurla Complex police station official said.

"He ran away to his father's place in Bharat Nagar in Bandra, bought rat poison, and consumed it," the official told PTI.

"He is recuperating in Bhabha Hospital. His father's statement has been recorded, and we have issued summonses to the two aunts to join the investigation into the incident," Sub Inspector Rahul Chandanshiv of the BKC police station said, reported PTI.

Two booked for defrauding 4 of Rs 39 lakh with fake job promise in Thane

In another PTI report, police have filed a FIR against two people in Maharashtra's Thane district for allegedly scamming four people of more than Rs 39 lakh by promising them jobs in the state secretariat, according to an official on Sunday.

According to a Kolsewadi police officer, one of the victims, a physically challenged woman who owns a photocopy and typing store in Kalyan town, said that one of the accused routinely visited her shop and offered to assist her in getting a position in the Mantralaya (secretariat), reported PTI.

According to the PTI report, since August 2021, the man and his accomplice have allegedly collected Rs 39,71,800 from her and three others with the promise of secretariat posts. When the victims were questioned about their job status, the defendants provided evasive responses. When the victims sought their money back, the defendants wrote checks, which bounced, according to the official.

Based on the woman's complaint, Kolsewadi police filed a case against the two accused on Friday under Indian Penal Code sections 420 (cheating), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 506 (criminal intimidation), and 34 (common intention). The investigation is underway, the report added.

In another incident, police have filed a case against a local thug and three of his cronies for allegedly threatening and attempting to extort money from a 25-year-old businessman in Thane district, an official said on Sunday. The thug approached the businessman, who works in fabrication, at his workplace in the Kalwa region, demanding Rs 50,000 per month as "protection money," according to a Kalwa police officer.