A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly killing his 16-year-old niece by pushing her off a moving local train that was travelling between Bhayandar and Naigaon on Monday. Police said the accused is her maternal uncle.

According to investigators, the minor left her home in Mankhurd on November 15 and went to the accused’s residence in Vasai (East). Police said the accused later felt the girl would become a “liability” and allegedly decided to kill her.

The girl, who lived with her mother and brother, had previously been the complainant in a case involving her father. A police case had been registered against him. He died by suicide last year.

“The family began searching for the girl after she left home. On Sunday, her elder maternal uncle, who also lives in Vasai, spotted her and al

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