An 8-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a 16-year-old minor boy at Baba Nagar under Shahpura police station area on Monday; accused was detained by police.
Police said in the evening on Monday victim had gone to house of accused whose elder sister takes tuition classes where accused sexually assaulted the victim. The mother of victim lodged complaint and accused was arrested later in the investigation.
In the complaint victim’s mother stated that in the evening victim had gone to ask for her tuition teacher who is elder sister of accused and at that time she was not at home but accused was present. Finding the victim alone accused took her inside the house and raped her. The victim said as the victim failed to return for long she went to check and found her slippers outside the house and after entering the house she found the victim crying. She raised alarm and locals nabbed the accused who tried to escape but was chased and handed over to police.
The victim is a class 3 student and used to take tuition from elder sister of accused. The police have registered a case 376 (A) (B) of the IPC and sections of POCSO Act started further investigation into the matter. The details of the accused is under investigation. Other details would be investigated said police.