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The body of a 16-year-old girl was found stuffed in a bag on the side of a highway in Vasai of Maharashtra's Palghar district on Friday.

Officials of the crime unit-III of Virar of the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar police arrested 38-year-old Girish Nayar, from Goregaon in Mumbai on Thursday, taking the number of persons held in the case so far to three, he said.

A 27-year-old woman riding pillion, who fell off the motorbike on a potholed road on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad national highway at Naigaon on August 9, succumbed to her injuries on Friday.

A week after the police restricted revelers from visiting water bodies in the Vasai region during monsoon, three youngsters died by drowning in the Chinchoti waterfall - a popular trekking trail during rains - in the last 24 hours.

Three workers were killed on the spot, their bodies badly mutilated, while eight others were injured in a hydrogen gas cylinder explosion and subsequent fire in an electrical equipment manufacturing company in Naigaon on Wednesday, reports Sandhya Nair.

A man wanted in forgery and cheating cases was arrested in Mumbai, along with his driver, for attempting to run over a police officer and her colleague. The police officer managed to avoid being hit, but her colleague sustained minor injuries. The suspect crashed into a gate and was arrested along with his accomplice. The suspect was wanted in multiple cases of forgery and cheating. The incident occurred when the police officers were investigating the cheating cases involving the suspect.

The body of a 20-year-old man was found hanging from a tree in Palghar district, following which his family members demanded a probe into his death, police said on Wednesday.

A day after his arrest, graphic designer Manohar Shukla (34) told the police that he had not planned his 28-year-old girlfriend Naina Mahat's murder and had called his wife after realising she was dead.

A 27-year-old woman riding pillion lost her life after her dupatta got entangled in the rear wheel of the motorbike, resulting in her falling off on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad national highway at Naigaon on Sunday. A case of accidental death has been registered. This is the second case of a woman riding pillion seat falling off a bike.

​​​​The body was found on the shore at Pali within the limits of the Uttan Sagari police station, said Jayant Bajbale, deputy commissioner of police (Zone I), Mira-Bhayandar, Vasai-Virar police.

The police custody of television actor Sheezan Khan, arrested on charges of abetting the suicide of his co-star Tunisha Sharma, was extended till Friday. Valiv police told the Vasai court they still have to unlock Sharma's phone password.

Police personnel and officials form fire brigade have rushed to the spot.

After 70 days of being in jail for Tunisha Sharma's suicide case, actor Sheezan Khan walks out of the jail on Saturday. Both the district and additional session judge decide to let Sheezan come out as the police have not been able to bring any particular evidence against him on record.