A 40-year-old man was booked for attempting to rape his 10-year-old niece at Neelbad under Ratibad police station area during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.
According to the police, the victim was asleep at her aunt’s residence in Neelbad and her uncle, lakhanlal, reached the house and took her to a nearby farm but the victim raised alarm and alerted her aunt who rescued the girl.later the victim’s aunt reached the police station and lodged a complaint against her husband.In the complaint she claimed that she called for help as soon as she spotted her husband attempting to rape her niece.The accused fled from the spot after the incident and is still at large. After preliminary investigation a case was registered and a manhunt was launched to nab the accused.
The victim hails from Raisen district and came to live with at her aunt in Neelbad few days ago.The police have registered a case under Section 376 and 511 of the IPC and various sections of Protection of Children from sexual offence-2012 have alos been imposed.Police said that police team has intensified the search for the accused and he would be nabbed soon. The criminal record of the accused would also be searched. Till the filing of the report the police were not able to trace the whereabouts of the accused.