<p>A police official on Monday said that a 19-year-old man from <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-crime-35-year-old-murdered-on-footpath-near-churchgate-station-23551248" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Varanasi</a> has been arrested for allegedly attacking a teenage girl in western Mumbai after she ignored him, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>Accused Rahul Singh targeted the 17-year-old girl at Gosalia Road in Sanjay Nagar of Kandivali (West) on May 24 when she was walking with a friend, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Singh allegedly abused her, picked up a brick lying on the roadside and slammed it on her head. He also smashed her mobile phone, the official said.</p>
<p>The teen sustained serious injuries and was rushed to the civic-run Shatabdi Hospital. During the probe, police learnt that Singh, a resident of Varanasi, came to Mumbai as the girl was not taking his calls, the official said, adding that the two know each other very well, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The accused has been booked under the <a href="https://mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/maharashtra-one-killed-five-injured-after-part-of-building-collapses-in-kalyan-of-thane-district-23547692" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita</a> and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. A probe is underway, the official said.</p>
<h2>Woman kills husband with help of her paramour</h2>
<p>In another case, a 36-year-old man was allegedly murdered by his wife and her paramour in central Mumbai, police said on Monday, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Victim Ismail Ali Jamal Ali Shaikh was killed with a sharp weapon, resulting in deep injuries, in the <a href="https://mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-byculla-police-arrest-three-men-in-connection-with-murder-of-fahim-shaikh-23533357" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Antop Hill area</a>, an official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>According to police, Shaikh's wife, Sumaya (26), was in an extramarital relationship with a man named Jabbar Shaikh. As Ismail was seen as an obstacle to their relationship, the two allegedly conspired to kill him, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Both Sumaya and Jabbar Shaikh have been arrested, and a case of murder has been registered against them at Antop Hill police station, the official said, adding that further investigation is underway.</p>
<h2>Man held for stabbing car occupant to death after argument on overtaking</h2>
<p>Meanwhile, Mumbai police on Monday said it had solved the road rage incident in Vikhroli, in which one man was stabbed to death, with the arrest of a two-wheeler rider, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon on the service road in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-man-wanted-in-attempt-to-murder-case-nabbed-after-37-years-23521258" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Ghatkopar East</a>.</p>
<p>Vikhroli-based car dealer Zeeshan Rafique Sheikh was stabbed to death after he had an argument with a two-wheeler rider on the issue of overtaking, the official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>"A case of murder was registered at Pantnagar Police Station against the two-wheeler driver. Various teams were formed to solve the case. Suresh Jaiswal, a resident of Vikhroli, was nabbed by the Crime Branch within 24 hours of the incident with the help of technical analysis and human intelligence," the official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Jaiswal has been handed over to Pantnagar police for further action, the official added.</p>
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