Maharashtra: Man killed for refusing to withdraw daughter's molestation case
A 55-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death by seven people in Maharashtra's Nashik after he refused to withdraw a molestation case lodged by his daughter against one of them. Four of the attackers, including Sayyad Sayeed who had allegedly molested the woman, have been arrested while a search is on for the other accused, Deputy Superintendent of Police Ratnakar Navale said. Here's more.
Woman was allegedly molested by Sayeed: DSP
The woman was allegedly molested by Sayeed at Golden Nagar in Malegaon town of Nashik in 2015, DSP Navale said. She had registered a complaint against him at Pawardi police station and the case is pending in a local court. Sayeed was pressurizing the woman's father, Fazal Mohammed Nawab Ali, to withdraw the case, but the latter refused, the police official said.
Sayeed, his accomplices allegedly thrashed Ali, says DSP
On Saturday night, Sayeed and some of his accomplices stopped Ali while he was returning home on his motorcycle in Malegaon and allegedly beat him up severely with wooden sticks, Navale said. Ali suffered serious injuries and died on way to a hospital, he added.
Accused has been booked under various IPC sections
Based on a complaint filed by the deceased's son, the Pawardi police arrested four accused, including Sayeed, yesterday, while a search was on for the three others, Navale said. The accused have been booked under IPC sections 302 (murder), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 147, 148 (rioting), 149 (unlawful assembly), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 506 (criminal intimidation).
