Maharashtra shocker: Teen woman held captive for two months, raped, compelled into prostitution in Dombivali: 4 arrested-OxBig News Network

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A 15-year-old woman was confined in a home for 2 months, repeatedly raped, compelled to bear an abortion and was additionally made to take pleasure in prostitution by a person recognized to her household in Dombivali in Maharashtra’s Thane district, a police official stated on Sunday (May 25, 2025).

Four individuals, together with a girl, have been arrested, although the primary accused continues to be at giant, the official added.

The woman’s ordeal got here to mild after some employees discovered about it, following which Tilak Nagar police raided a home in a rural a part of Dombivali and rescued her, the official stated.

“The sufferer’s mom sells meals and she or he got here in touch with the primary accused, who sells spices and was recognized to her household. When she had a struggle along with her mom after her Class X exams and walked out of the home, the primary accused cajoled her into coming with him,” he stated.

“He then confined her for 2 months and sexually assaulted her. When she obtained pregnant, he took her to a different particular person for an abortion. She was then saved at a pair’s home, the place she was compelled into prostitution,” the official stated.

While the household was in search of her, the primary accused misled them by saying he had seen the woman within the metropolis however she was offended and wouldn’t return, the official stated, including her kin approached police solely after two months.

After the sufferer narrated her ordeal to police, 4 individuals had been arrested, together with a girl and her husband. However, the primary accused is on the run, the official stated.

A case was registered underneath Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 137(2) (kidnapping), 65(1) (rape in sure circumstances), 88 (inflicting miscarriage), 143 (trafficking of individual), 144 (exploitation of trafficked individual) in addition to provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Dombivli) Suhas Hemade instructed PTI.

Police groups are finishing up additional probe into the crime, he added.