Police have filed a chargesheet within 48 hours of registering a case against two men accused of assaulting and molesting a woman in<a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/maharashtras-nanded-district-three-killed-three-injured-after-tempo-plunges-into-gorge-23655575" rel="nofollow"> Maharashtra's Nanded district</a>, officials said.
As per PTI, the incident occurred on October 16 in the Bhagyanagar police station limits.
An argument broke out between the woman and her husband over sending their daughter to school. Two local men, identified as Shripad Digambar Mokampure (25) and Gajanan Digambar Mokampure (30), allegedly joined the dispute and argued with the woman and her family members, according to police.
The police official further said, &ldquo;The accused allegedly slapped and assaulted the woman, causing her to fall, and outraged her modesty,&rdquo; as cited by PTI.&nbsp;
The Bhagyanagar police subsequently registered a case against the two men under Sections 74 (assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 115(2) (voluntarily causing hurt), 355 (misconduct in public by a drunken person), and 3(5) (common intention) of the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/maharashtra-drought-nanded-plans-fodder-friends-initiative-amid-drought-offers-free-fodder-seeds-23655438" rel="nofollow">Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita</a>, as per a police release.
<h2>Accused arrested</h2>
Following the incident, the investigating team arrested the accused, conducted a spot inspection, examined key witnesses, and recorded the complainant woman's statement.
The police completed the investigation-related formalities and filed the chargesheet before a local court within 48 hours, the release said.&nbsp;
<h2>17-year-old girl allegedly assaulted at Nalasopara garba pandal&nbsp;</h2>
In a separate incident, a 17-year-old girl was allegedly dragged out of a <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/palghar-17-year-old-girl-allegedly-assaulted-after-being-dragged-out-of-nalasopara-garba-pandal-23656231" rel="nofollow">garba pandal and assaulted in Maharashtra's Palghar district</a>, following which police arrested the accused person, an official said on Wednesday.
As per PTI, the incident took place on Monday, October 19, in the Nalasopara East area during the Navratri festival. A purported video of the assault subsequently went viral on social media.
Inspector Sachin Kamble of the Pelhar police station said that the complainant and the 18-year-old accused were previously acquainted, but she had stopped talking to him.
The official, while citing the FIR, said that the accused reached a garba event at Santosh Bhuvan, where the teenager was present. He allegedly dragged her out of the venue and brutally assaulted her, as per PTI.&nbsp;
Kamble added, &ldquo;After a video of the incident surfaced on social media, police tracked down the accused and arrested him.&rdquo;
The accused has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and a probe is underway, he further added. &nbsp;
(With inputs from PTI)

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Police in Nanded filed a chargesheet within 48 hours against two men accused of assaulting and molesting a woman following a family dispute. In a separate incident, an 18-year-old was arrested after allegedly assaulting a 17-year-old girl outside a garba pandal in Nalasopara

Nanded police file chargesheet within 48 hours in woman assault and molestation case

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