A teenage boy was detained for allegedly sexually assaulting a five-year-old kindergarten lady pupil on the premises of a college in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam metropolis, police stated on Sunday (September 29, 2024).
The accused is the son of a watchman on the non-public faculty, the place the sufferer is a UKG (higher kindergarten) pupil.
The incident got here to gentle after the lady advised her mom in regards to the “bad touch” by the boy, a police officer stated.
“The accused is a student of class 10 with another branch of the same school. An investigation was conducted after the girl’s mother lodged a complaint that her daughter was sexually assaulted in the school where her daughter is a UKG student. The accused boy has been taken into custody,” stated Extra Superintendent of Police Rakesh Khakha.
The boy has been booked beneath sections 65-ii (Whoever commits rape on a lady beneath twelve years of age) and 75 (bodily contact and advances involving unwelcome and specific sexual overtures) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita other than the provisions of the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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The incident allegedly occurred within the watchman’s room on the third flooring of the varsity constructing and was reported by the lady to her mom on the night time of September 27, the police officer stated.
The college has CCTV cameras masking solely the bottom flooring and never the higher flooring, he stated.
In the meantime, Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Jitu Patwari expressed anguish and accused the BJP authorities of failing to guard daughters.
“The news of a tragic incident with a five-year-old girl in Ratlam has deeply disturbed me. Such incidents happen with our daughters every day in MP. I am deeply pained,” he acknowledged on ‘X’.
“Daughters will not get justice by just asking for help from the government on social media. Now the Congress party will fight this battle on the streets,” he stated.
Printed – September 30, 2024 08:46 am IST
