Two of the accused have been apprehended by the police, presented in court and sent to a juvenile home, while the third one is still at large, the police official added. (File Image) |
In a village in Punjab’s Dasuya, an incident of an alleged sexual assualt of a 12-year-old girl has come to light. All the three accused are minor boys and are residents of the same village where the incident occurred.
While the main accused are students of Class 12th, the victim is of Class 8th. The victim’s mother lodged a complaint with the police against the three accused.
ASI Bhupinder Singh, the investigating officer, and women cell in-charge Kamleshwar Kaur took the victim to the Dasuya Civil Hospital for a medical examination on Monday. The investigating officer said that the victim’s mother informed the police in her statement that her daughter often went to the village’s ground to play. On Monday, she went to the same ground, but when she returned home, she was frightened. When questioned, she revealed that three boys from the village took her to an abandoned rest house, and one of them sexually assaulted her, while the other two molested her.
The girl also disclosed to her mother that she had been raped on June 22 as well by the same boy, Bhupinder added. During this time, the accused had threatened to kill the victim if she told her family.
The police have registered a case under sections 376D, 354 of IPC, and the POCSO Act, Balwinder Singh, the station in-charge said. Two of the accused have been apprehended by the police, presented in court and sent to a juvenile home, while the third one is still at large, the police official added.