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However, assured that the state has not let its guard down and all Covid-19 protocols and guidelines are being implemented stringently across the state, besides people being advised to follow all do's and don'ts scrupulously.

Acting on a tip-off, the police raided the accused woman's flat on Tuesday evening and arrested her, the official from the city police's anti-human trafficking cell said.

The boy called the 15-year-old girl to his house in Bhiwandi town here on September 4 and allegedly raped her.

The COVID-19 recovery rate in Thane is 91.24 per cent, while the mortality rate stands at 2.53 per cent.

As Maharashtra continues to witness heavy rainfall, as many as 29 people lost their lives while 16 persons died due to the rain and floods.

The incident took place in Shastri Nagar area on Monday evening when the victim, Pratiksha Nagargoje, a Class 12 student, was putting up clothes for drying in the balcony.

As of now, there are 16,160 active COVID-19 cases in the district while 1,70,817 patients have recovered.

Both the accused, the victim's father (51), who worked as a school teacher, and her 21-year-old boyfriend, were arrested in the wee hours of Monday.

A truck moving on the Waghbil flyover hit the bridge divider and overturned. Some heavy scrap cardboard bales loaded on it fell on a car passing below the flyover and crushed its roof.