Overview
- A 15-year-old from Chembur was taken to Sion Hospital with severe abdominal pain, where doctors found she was about two months pregnant.
- The girl told police the neighbour assaulted her in the first week of September and again in the first week of October while threatening her to stay silent.
- Her mother filed a complaint at RCF Police Station after the pregnancy was confirmed, prompting immediate registration of an FIR.
- Police invoked the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act along with relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
- Investigators say the accused is a retired Army personnel working as a security guard, a native of Uttar Pradesh, and a resident of the same building as the survivor.