Sukhi Sewania police have arrested a 50-year-old  man and his wife for molesting  a 16-year-old minor, accused man was harassing the student for about a year due to which she stopped going to school.

The family members lodged a complaint about the incident on Saturday night.

The police have registered a case against the accused under sections of molestation and POCSO Act and took the accused husband and wife into custody on Sunday evening.

According to the police, the 16-year-old girl lives in the area. She complained that the 50-year-old middle-aged man living in the neighborhood has been harassing her for about a year.

The accused had also molested the minor in December 2023 and July 2024, but out of fear, she did not tell anyone about it. The silence of the teenager encouraged accused and he started harassing her while she used to go school.

Scared of the accused she stopped going to school. On Saturday, the victim informed her sister about the accused. The family took her to the police station and lodged a complaint.

The victim told the police that the accused's wife was also aware of his misdeeds. She used to call her 'sautan'. The accused uncle followed her outside the school one day and threatened to pick her up by putting handcuffs on both her hands. Since then I was very scared. That is why I stopped going to school. Didi came home during Diwali holidays, she saw me silent and asked the reason for not going to school. Then I told her the whole incident.

The victim told the police in her statement that it was her birthday on 10 December 2023. She had gone to the house of uncle and aunty living in Sukhi Sewania area to give chocolates. There uncle and aunty were found sitting in the hall, aunty went to the kitchen to work, then uncle did obscene  acts with me for the first time.

 Meanwhile aunty also came there. But she did not say anything to uncle and started smiling at me.

On July 16, 2024, the accused husband and wife came to the victim's house. Then her mother and sister were in another room.  Both came to the victim's room, aunty held her hands. Uncle did dirty things with her. After this, both left the house, later the uncle started harassing her by coming outside the school every day.