The Aul Police on Monday apprehended a juvenile on the charges of attempting to rape a minor girl on Sunday morning in an abandoned house at Mahu village. Aul Police Station IIC Umasankar Moharana stated that 17-year-old Jack (name changed) of Mahu village on Sunday morning had allegedly attempted to rape a seven-year-old girl Sweety (name changed) while the latter was returning to her uncle’s house after taking wheat from a local grocery shop
. According to police sources, Sweety, a resident of Chalunia, stays with her uncle. On Sunday she went to a nearby grocery shop to bring wheat and while she was returning, Jack allegedly asked her to come to his house.
When Sweety obliged, Jack forcibly took her to an abandoned house in the village and made an attempt to rape her. When Sweety shouted for help her family members rescued her, but the juvenile managed to flee.
Following filing of an FIR, the police registered a case under various Sections of IPC and the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offence Act. later, the accused was nabbed. On Monday he was produced before the CJM –cum-Principal Magistrate, Juvenile Justice Board. The child was sent to Juvenile home at Angul, informed IIC Moharana.