Thane woman attacked for opposing ganja sale at slum; three booked

A 38yearold Thane woman and her daughter were allegedly assaulted by their neighbours after she objected to their ganja business in a slum in Maharashtras Thane district police said on Saturday reported news agency PTIThe police have registered a case against three persons under section 1181 voluntarily causing hurt or grievous hurt by dangerous weapons or means for the attack that took place in Dombivli town earlier this week an official saidAccording to the police the victim objected to the accused allegedly operating a ganja marijuana supply business in the Siddharth Nagar slums reported PTIThe accused allegedly attacked theThane wo man with bamboo and rods and verbally abused her the official said adding that they also reportedly dragged her daughter by the hair and beat her reported PTIA probe is underway and no arrests have been made he said29 children rescued from illegal hostel in Thane district after complaint about abuse 5 bookedIn another incident at least 29 children were rescued from an unauthorised hostel run by an organisation in Maharashtras Thane district following a complaint about abuse an official said on Saturday reported news agency PTIThe police on Friday rescued 20 girls and nine boys from Pasaydan Vikas Sanstha a residential institution in Khadavli and registered a case against five persons under the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act a release by the district administration stated reported PTIThe Child Helpline received a complaint on Thursday that children were being beaten up and sexually abused in the institutionA team from the District Women and Child Development office along with the police inspected the institution on Friday and found the allegations true after interacting with children the release said reported PTIThe rescued children were presented before the Child Welfare Committee Some of them study in the Zilla Parishad School in Khadavli reported PTIIn view of their upcoming exams the education department is coordinating with the office of education officer to make special arrangements for their examsAs per the release a case has been registered against the institutions director two of his family members and two others reported PTICollector Ashok Shingare said The safety and welfare of children has always been the administrations priority Strict action will be taken against the culprits reported PTIDistrict Women and Child Development Officer Santosh Bhosale has appealed to all citizens to come forward with complaints about such unauthorised institutions and report abuse or exploitation of childrenWith inputs from PTIatOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params