Overview
- The 16-year-old died after being pushed from a local train between Bhayandar and Naigaon on Monday.
- Commuters in the compartment apprehended the 28-year-old maternal uncle and handed him to Vasai Road police.
- Waliv police recorded eyewitness statements, registered a murder case, arrested the suspect, and produced him in court on Tuesday.
- A court remanded the accused to police custody through November 21 as the investigation continues.
- Investigators say the girl had left home on November 15 for the accused’s Vasai residence, an initial kidnapping case was filed based on her mother’s statement, and her body has been sent for postmortem with a reported motive that he viewed her as a “liability.”