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Navi Mumbai man assaulted after he objects to “bath in open”

Updated on: 23 January,2024 08:13 PM IST  |  Navi Mumbai
mid-day online correspondent |

Bath in open: A 25-year-old man fell victim to a brutal assault over a trivial issue in Airoli area of Navi Mumbai.

Navi Mumbai man assaulted after he objects to “bath in open”

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A 25-year-old man fell victim to a brutal assault over a trivial issue in Airoli area of Navi Mumbai. Rabale police station has registered a First Information Report (FIR) against two brothers accused of the assault. As of now, no arrests have been made in connection with the case.


Ramesh Pujari, the complainant, claimed that the accused, who are brothers, assaulted him brutally on January 21 when he objected to their taking bath in the open in front of his house in Yadav Nagar locality, newswire Press Trust of India reported.


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The FIR was registered under Indian Penal Code section 323 (assault) and further probe was on. 

Meanwhile, at least 12,104 crimes were reported in the Thane Commissionerate in Maharashtra in 2023, of which 73 per cent of the offences have been detected, a senior police official told newswire Press Trust of India on Tuesday.

In 2022, as many as 11,961 offences were reported in the limits of the commissionerate with a detection rate of 70 per cent and the number of crimes increased by 143 in 2023, the official said.

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As per data shared by the additional commissioner (crime), Punjabrao Ugale, Thane in Maharashtra recorded 87 murder and 159 attempted murder cases in 2023, which is a slight decline from the previous year's 93 and 140 cases respectively.

At least 17 cases of dacoity and 581 robberies were reported in the commissionerate in 2023, and the detection rate had improved from 65 per cent to 78 per cent this year, the data revealed.

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Cases of rioting went up to 231 in 2023 compared to the previous year's 205, while 415 rape cases were registered compared to the previous year's 432, it was stated.

Thane Commissionerate includes Thane city, Bhiwandi, Kalyan, Ambernath, Ulhasnagar and Badlapur towns. (With inputs from PTI)

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