The minor, who was gang raped on July 6 by two men who were arrested the next day, during further investigations told police that on the very same day of the incident after she was raped by youths, a local NCP leader had also allegedly molested her.
"The youths dropped her at the highway near Nagothane village. On seeing her stranded, NCP Nagothane city unit chief Santosh Mandavkar offered her a lift and said he will drop her home in suburban Borivali. But, instead took her to a garage on the highway and allegedly molested her in a car," DSP, Roha, Amol Zende said.
Mandavkar is at large and police has launched a manhunt to nab him, he added.
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