The Marine Drive police booked a 60-year-old woman after she tried to commit suicide outside Mantralaya (state secretariate) on Thursday evening. The woman Sarabhai Pakhre was protesting to cancel FIR registered against her claiming she was falsely implicated in the case.
The incident took place on Thursday evening when Pakhre appeared before Mantralaya and tried to pour kerosene on herself. As soon as she strated pouring kerosene on herself the police personnel present on the duty caught her. She was leter taken to Marine Drive police station where she was booked under section 309 (attempt to commit suicide) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)
According to the police official, the woman was arrested by Park Site police last year on the charges of kidnapping, rape along with sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) act and that of Human trafficking act. she is currently out on bail. Pakhre a Ghatkopar resident, claims that she was innocent and falsely implicated in the case.
