<p>A man was arrested for allegedly raping his sister's 8-year-old tuition student in Maharashtra's Dombivali area of Thane district, a <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/saif-ali-khan-attack-case-suspect-used-stairs-entered-through-fire-escape-duct-say-sources-23465965" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>police</strong></a> official said on Thursday, the PTI reported.</p>
<p>The accused allegedly raped the minor girl who took tuitions from the accused's sister, the official said.</p>
<p>The 8-year-old girl was raped on January 15 at the Dombivali home of the 19-year-old accused, when she had gone for tuitions, the Manpada police station official said.</p>
<p>"No one except for the suspect was at home when the victim arrived. He took her to the bedroom and sexually assaulted her. After she narrated her ordeal to her mother, a case was filed and the accused was held under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act," he said, according to the PTI.</p>
<p>Further probe is underway, the official added.</p>
<p><strong>Man held for assaulting minor girl, snatching her gold chain</strong></p>
<p>Meanwhile, in an another incident, a 20-year-old man was arrested by the Mumbai Police for allegedly attacking a minor girl and snatching her gold chain in Dahisar area of the city, the police said, reported the PTI.</p>
<p>The man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting the girl and snatching her gold chain, a police official said on Wednesday, as per the PTI.</p>
<p>According to the police official, the incident occurred on Monday night near Kandarpada <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/mumbai-metro-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Metro</strong></a> Station in Dahisar area of north Mumbai when the 17-year-old victim was returning home from private coaching classes.</p>
<p>The minor girl, a resident of Dahisar (West), was walking alone on the New Link Road when the accused who was later identified as Aman Umesh Gupta, attacked her.</p>
<p>"He pulled her hair, allegedly assaulted her and snatched her gold chain," said the official, as per the PTI.</p>
<p>The girl then raised an alarm and some passers-by rushed to help her. They caught the accused and handed him over to the police, he said.</p>
<p>The police took him to the police station and placed Aman Umesh Gupta under arrest. A case against him has been registered for robbery, the official said.</p>
<p>(with PTI inputs)</p><p>
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