A 24-year old youth was arrested for sexually assaulting a minor girl in Koluha village under Ashoka Garden police station area on Saturday. Raju alias Rajak was arrested by Ashoka Garden police after a complaint was lodged by a 14-year-old girl regarding sexual assault.
In her complaint she alleged that on Saturday afternoon when she was alone the accused came to her house and asked her to open the door which was bolted from inside. Unaware of the ill intentions of the accused the victim opened the door and was later sexually assaulted by the accused. Before leaving the house the accused threatened the victim of her life and told her to keep mum and not to report the incident to parents or police.
The parents of the victim had gone for some work when the incident took place and on their return the victim reported the whole incident and later they decided to lodge a complaint with the police.
Victim was also brutally beaten by the accused before he escaped the house. The police have registered a case under Section 376,342,506 of the IPC and section 3 and 4 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences -2012.
The family lives in a rented apartment and the accused is the son of the owner of the house. He used to visit the house but the victim family was not aware that he had such kind of evil intentions. Police have started further investigation into the matter and told that the accused would be produced in the court.