Summary:
A 17-year-old girl was allegedly raped and strangled to death by an unidentified person at her house in Dhayari area off Sinhagad Road, police said. Initially, a case of accidental death was registered and the body was sent for autopsy. "The post-mortem report confirmed that the girl was allegedly raped and strangled to death," the officer said adding that a case under IPC sections 302 (murder), 376 (rape) and relevant sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered at the Sinhgad police station. Talking to PTI, Joint Commissioner of Police Shivaji Bodkhe said the deceased lived in a tenement with her family. "After checking the girl's pulse, the woman rushed her to a private hospital, where doctors declared her brought dead," Bodkhe said..