Barabanki: In a shocking incident, two minor boys aged 13 and 14, were detained for sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki area.
Police said the accused took the girl to mustard fields where they gang-raped her and then fled. The girl was found lying unconscious in the field and an FIR was lodged.The boys were detained on Wednesday. SHO, Lonikatra, Ankit Tripathi, said the girl had gone to the field where the accused were harvesting mustard crops.
Finding the girl alone, the two held her and gang-raped her. The accused also threatened her with dire consequences. “With the help of locals, the girl reached home and told her parents, who informed the police,” said Tripathi.
Tripathi said FIR had been registered under charges of IPC 376 (D) (gangrape), ST/SC Act and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 against the two accused.
“We have taken the statement of the girl in front of the magistrate and medical is awaited,” said Station House Officer (SHO) Tripathi, adding that police circle officer Haidergarh, Harshit Chaudhary, will be probing the case.
In another shocking incident, a 33-year-old domestic help allegedly raped the house owner’s 9-year-old daughter in the Bijnor area of the state capital. The man, who also made a video of the act and threatened the victim, was arrested by the police on Wednesday.
According to police, the accused had been working in the house for nearly two decades since when he was a minor. Tej Swaroop, DCP South, said, “At the time of the incident, the girl was alone at home. However, one of the girl’s kins saw the video in the accused servant’s phone and informed the others.”
The servant had been living in the same house for nearly two decades like a family member. The girl’s parents had gone out for work on Tuesday when the servant raped her.
“The girl has been sent for medical examination. All the required facts have been collected. The police will soon file a charge sheet and get the man punished within 3-4 months,” the DCP added.
Detailed reports awaited in this matter. (With Inputs From: IANS)
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