<p>Mumbai: In a shocking incident of rape-muder in Mumbai's neighbouring district of Thane, a couple has been arrested even as the crime compounding into a political issue with the opposition targeting the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maha Yuti-NDA dispensation.</p><p>Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his son and Shiv Sena's Kalyan MP Dr Shrikant Shinde too came under sharp criticism.</p><p>After the Badlapur incident involving two minor girls of an educational institution, this issue has once again gained momentum.</p><p>In this case, the 13-year-old girl from Kalyan was reported missing on Monday and was found dead in Bhiwandi area on Wednesday.</p><p>The kidnapping of the girl sparked outrage in the locality.</p>.Pune man kidnaps and rapes two minor girls, later drowns them in water-filled drum.<p>While Shinde spoke to police officials in Thane for speedy action, his son met the victim's family.</p><p>The husband-wife duo - Vishal Gawli (35) and Sakshi Gawli (25) were placed under arrest on Thursday.</p><p>Vishal had kidnapped the girl while she was playing and took her to his house where he raped her and then killed her. Later, he dumped the body near a cemetary in Bhiwandi.</p><p>The Thane police reconstructed the events of the day using CCTV from multiple locations and managed to arrest him with the help of the Buldhana police.</p><p>Sakshi was arrested near her residence in Kalyan.</p><p>Vishal hid at his in-laws place in Shegaon in Buldhana from where he was picked up and brought to Kalyan and set to the Kolsewadi police station.</p><p>Investigation revealed that Sakshi is Vishal's third wife.</p><p>Vishal, a history sheeter, faces two cases of molestation and two of assault.</p><p>Reacting sharply to the incident, Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP and chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut said that Thane has become a hotbed of gruesome crime against women and children.</p>
<p>Mumbai: In a shocking incident of rape-muder in Mumbai's neighbouring district of Thane, a couple has been arrested even as the crime compounding into a political issue with the opposition targeting the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maha Yuti-NDA dispensation.</p><p>Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his son and Shiv Sena's Kalyan MP Dr Shrikant Shinde too came under sharp criticism.</p><p>After the Badlapur incident involving two minor girls of an educational institution, this issue has once again gained momentum.</p><p>In this case, the 13-year-old girl from Kalyan was reported missing on Monday and was found dead in Bhiwandi area on Wednesday.</p><p>The kidnapping of the girl sparked outrage in the locality.</p>.Pune man kidnaps and rapes two minor girls, later drowns them in water-filled drum.<p>While Shinde spoke to police officials in Thane for speedy action, his son met the victim's family.</p><p>The husband-wife duo - Vishal Gawli (35) and Sakshi Gawli (25) were placed under arrest on Thursday.</p><p>Vishal had kidnapped the girl while she was playing and took her to his house where he raped her and then killed her. Later, he dumped the body near a cemetary in Bhiwandi.</p><p>The Thane police reconstructed the events of the day using CCTV from multiple locations and managed to arrest him with the help of the Buldhana police.</p><p>Sakshi was arrested near her residence in Kalyan.</p><p>Vishal hid at his in-laws place in Shegaon in Buldhana from where he was picked up and brought to Kalyan and set to the Kolsewadi police station.</p><p>Investigation revealed that Sakshi is Vishal's third wife.</p><p>Vishal, a history sheeter, faces two cases of molestation and two of assault.</p><p>Reacting sharply to the incident, Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP and chief spokesperson Sanjay Raut said that Thane has become a hotbed of gruesome crime against women and children.</p>