The accused was arrested from Dombivali in Thane city, police said. (Representational image)
Mumbai:
A convict in the 2013 Shakti Mills gangrape case in Mumbai and his associate were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly stabbing and injuring a man here over drugs, a police official said.
Crime Branch officials arrested Akash Jadhav (25), the gangrape convict, and his aide Ankit Arun Naik (25) from Dombivali in neighbouring Thane city, the official said.
Jadhav was a minor when he was apprehended along with four others for raping a photojournalist on the deserted premises of the defunct Shakti Mills in central Mumbai in August 2013.
He was subsequently convicted by the Juvenile Justice Board here and spent two years at a correctional centre before being released.
Mumbai: Juvenile accused in Shakti Mills gangrape case forms own gang; arrested in murder, ransom cases
The Mumbai Police has once again arrested one of the juveniles accused in the infamous Shakti Mills gangrape, this time for his involvement in serious crimes like murder, attempt to murder, threats, ransom, etc.
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According to police, Aakash Jadhav is accused of murder, assault, ransom extortion among other serious crimes. (Photo: India Today)
The Mumbai Police has once again arrested one of the juveniles accused in the infamous Shakti Mills gangrape, this time for his involvement in serious crimes like murder, attempt to murder, threats, ransom, etc.
: Wednesday, December 16, 2020, 10:45 PM IST
FPJ Exclusive: Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam says 15 days to probe crimes against women stipulated in Shakti Bill is too short
Regarding the real plotters of the 26/11 terror attack - Hafiz Saeed and Zaki Ur Rehman Lakhvi and the of 1993 blasts - Dawood Ibrahim and Tiger Memon among others being out of reach so many years after the incidents, Nikam said that Pakistan is sheltering them and since we have no extradition treaty with Pakistan, nothing can be done.
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Mumbai: Ujjwal Nikam, special public prosecutor in several sensitive and high profile trials such as the 1993 Bombay blasts, the Shakti Mills gangrape case, 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, on Wednesday in an interview to The Free Press Journal, said that the time frame stipulated in the Shakti Bill tabled on Monday before the state legislature to complete probe in crimes against women is âtoo shortâ.