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NCP leader booked for molesting teen
Raigad, July 13 (IBNS): The police has registered a molestation case against a local Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader in Maharashtra's Raigad district.
According to reports, a 14-year-old gang-rape survivor was allegedly molested by NCP leader Santosh Mandavkar in Maharashtra's Raigad district.
The girl, who was allegedly gang-raped on July 6 by two men, told police that on the very same day, the NCP leader had also molested her after offering to drop her home in his car.
The two men, who allegedly raped the girl, have been arrested.
Meanwhile, Mandavkar has been booked under Section 354 (A) (B) (sexual harassment), Section 506 (criminal intimidation) and Sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.
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