A 16-year old boy was arrested by Govindpura police on charge of sexually assaulting a 5-year old boy at Vishwakarma Nagar on Thursday.
According to police, the 5-year-old victim was playing with his sister near his aunt’s house and was lured by the offender who took him to a secluded area and sexually assaulted him and when the victim’s aunt heard the victim crying she rushed to his help and rescued him.
She later reported the incident to the Govindpura police and informed about the description of the accused and on this basis, the police caught him. He was later produced in the Juvenile Justice Court where he was sent to Juvenile Home.
Police said the accused and victim live in the same locality. Before the incident, the accused lured the victim of chocolates and accompanied him to a nearby secluded place and sodomized him. After hearing the victim screaming his aunt rescued him but the accused managed to escape the spot.