Mumbai, July 02: Seven person were today detained for questioning by police, a day after a teenager was arrested in connection with rape and murder of a minor in suburban Kurla.
Javed Rehman Shaikh (19), a technician with a cable operator, was arrested yesterday on charges of raping and murdering an eight-year-old girl in suburban Kurla last month.
After brief questioning of Javed, “we have picked up seven persons to probe their role in all the three cases,” a police official said.
On February 9, the body of a five-year-old girl, who was raped and murdered, was found in a drain in Nehru Nagar. On March 7, a nine-year-old girl was found raped and murdered on the terrace of a building in Nehru Nagar police quarters.
Police are yet to make a breakthrough in these cases.
–PTI