According to the complainant, who runs the riding academy, the security guard spotted the accused trespassing on the premises at night and notified him
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The police on Saturday said that a 30-year-old man has been arrested for sexually assaulting a horse at a riding academy in Maharashtra's Nagpur district, reported news agency PTI.
The incident occurred at Nagpur District Equestrian Association in the Gittikhadan area on May 17, an official said, reported PTI.
According to the complainant, who runs the riding academy, the security guard spotted the accused trespassing on the premises at night and notified him, he said.
The official said CCTV footage revealed the accused, Chotya Sundar Khobragade, allegedly sexually assaulting one of the horses, reported PTI.
He said a case under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act has been registered against the accused, and a probe is underway.
Man stabs father-in-law to death after dispute with wife in Nagpur
In another case, a man allegedly stabbed his father-in-law to death in public after a dispute with his wife in Maharashtra's Nagpur city, police said on Saturday, reported PTI.
The attack took place at Borkhedi village in the limits of Butibori police station on Friday evening, an official said.
He said the accused, Pankaj Devrao Gajbhiye (30), allegedly stabbed his father-in-law, Arun Dnyandev Bhagat (65), with a sharp object and killed him on the spot, reported PTI.
The accused had married Bhagat's daughter last year, and the couple had a troubled relationship due to instances of domestic violence, the official said.
He said Gajbhiye allegedly slapped his wife multiple times at his house in Akoli on Friday morning. She informed her father, who took her away, reported PTI.
Angered by this, the accused soon followed the father-daughter duo to their house in Borkhedi and attacked the victim, the official said, adding that a case of murder has been registered.
(With inputs from PTI)
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