A ten-YEAR-OLD lady was allegedly raped by a 67-year-old man who lives alongside the path to her college close to Pune metropolis. Pune Rural police have arrested the person after the lady opened as much as her academics in a bunch counselling session at her college about ‘good touch-bad contact’ and different ideas associated to kids’s safety from sexual offences.
A First Information Report within the case was registered at a police station beneath Pune Rural police. The incident occurred in a village situated round 15 km from Pune metropolis. The ten-year-old is at the moment being offered counselling help, a police officer mentioned.
“The incident occurred round 11 am on August 23 when the lady was on her strategy to college. Probe has revealed that a couple of days earlier than the incident, the person had supplied her a chocolate. On the day of the incident, when the lady was strolling to the college, the person allegedly took her into his home and raped her. Subsequent day, through the counselling session at her college about ‘good touch-bad contact’ and different ideas, the lady opened up in regards to the incident. The college authorities instantly contacted the dad and mom. The dad and mom and the college authorities collectively got here to the police station to report the incident. We registered an FIR and a probe was launched,” mentioned the in-charge inspector of the police station.
The inspector additional mentioned, “We arrested the person on Sunday evening. He was produced earlier than a courtroom on Monday and has been remanded in police custody for 4 days. He’s unemployed and lives alone. Additional investigation is on.” Police have invoked provision associated to rape beneath Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita amongst others and related provisions of the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences Act.
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