MUMBAI: A convict in the 2013
Shakti Mills gang rape case, who was sent to juvenile centre for three years since he was a minor then, has been externed from Mumbai and Thane districts by police for two years.
Police took this action against Akash Jadhav two weeks ago after five criminal cases were registered against him since his release from the juvenile correction home last year. A person externed from an area should not enter the locality. And if he enters the locality, he faces police action.
Jadhav was one of the accused arrested for the Shakti Mills gang rape case. He was 17 at the time of his arrest. He along with another minor accused was convicted in July 2014 by the Juvenile Justice Board and sent to
Nashik Borstal school for three years, the punishment time for their crime.
Barely two months after the 21-year-old Jadhav was released in 2017, he was booked in rioting, attempt to murder and assault cases by N M Joshi Marg and Agripada police stations. He had assaulted two brothers at N M Joshi Marg area last year after a quarrel.
Virendra Mishra, deputy commissioner of police, said Jadhav has been externed for two years. "There have been several criminal cases against him and there was no improvement in Jadhav's behaviour even after spending time in the correction centre. We reviewed all the cases against him and decided to extern him," said an officer.
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