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Mumbai: Fruit Vendor Stripped, Assaulted And Forced To Do Sit-Ups Over Absence From Work In Antop Hill; 5 Arrested
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· October 27, 2026
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Mumbai: In a shocking incident in Antop Hill, a 24-year-old fruit vendor was allegedly stripped, brutally assaulted and forced to perform sit-ups inside a godown after being falsely accused of theft for remaining absent from work. The accused allegedly recorded the assault on a mobile phone and c...
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