"The accused and the victim were former classmates. On Tuesday morning, the accused attempted to start a conversation with the victim, who was riding on a bike with her male friend. When the girl refused to talk, the accused attacked her with a sharp weapon," DCP Sandeep Gill said.
Officials of Pune Police have apprehended a 22-year-old man on charges of allegedly abducting, wrongfully confining, and raping a minor girl who had been reported missing four years ago from Manchar in the district.
The accused identified as Vasudev Nivrutti Tayade (54), a resident of Talegaon Dabhade, was caught when he came to attend an event on May 29, officials said.
According to Pune Zila parishad CEO Ayush Prasad, "As many as nine girls drowned in Khadakwasla dam in the Donaje area of Pune. While seven girls were rescued. The two girls were found dead."
Police stopped the live concert of Oscar-winning musician AR Rahman in Maharashtra's Pune as the music maestro was performing after the 10 pm deadline, an official said on Monday.
Pune Police on Sunday arrested Raju Nandkumar Salunkhe, a partner in Lifeline Hospital Management Services (LHMS) from Mumbai in the alleged Shivaji Nagar Jumbo Covid Centre scam.
"1 kg 108 gm MD worth Rs 1.21 crore was found in the possession of the duo who came from Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh and alighted at the Kharadi bus stop with the contraband," said DCP Crime Branch Pune City Police, Amol Zende.
Pune Police has arrested a man for allegedly killing a one-and-a-half-year-old toddler by dipping him in a bucket full of boiling water in Pimpri Chinchwad, police said on Monday.