Woman, teen groped in a rickshaw in two separate incidents in Andheri-Jogeshwari

In two different incidents, a woman and a teen were molested in a similar fashion where they were groped by the accused while traveling in a rickshaw

Woman, teen groped in a rickshaw in two separate incidents in Andheri-Jogeshwari
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Molestation cases are on the rise in Mumbai as two groping cases were reported in less than a week in the Andheri-Jogeshwari area.

A 22-year-old media professional and a 14-year-old girl were molested in the Andheri-Jogeshwari area in two separate incidents. In both the cases, crime was committed in a similar manner where the media professional and minor were groped inside autorickshaws. Police are now trying to see if the two complainants were molested by the same person considering the modus-operandi was the same.  

On Monday, October 8, 2018, the media professional was traveling back home from work in a rickshaw when an unidentified man groped her. This incident took place in front of Behram Baug Police chowki on New Link Road in Jogeshwari (West).   

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The victim told the police that the stranger put his hand inside the rickshaw and groped her. She further said that she tried following him but he fled away. The other day, she filed a first information report (FIR) with Oshiwara police under section 354 (Assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Similarly, three days prior to the media professional groping case, on October 5, a 14-year-old girl was groped in a similar manner in broad daylight when she was traveling in a rickshaw with her mother.

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According to Amboli police, the incident occurred around 3.30 pm at Qureshi compound in Andheri (West) when the girl and her mother were returning from Lokhandwala market. Both minor and her mother tried chasing him but he fled away. The duo then approached Amboli police station and lodged an FIR under section 354 of the IPC and relevant sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

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