A five and a half year old girl was sexually assaulted by a 35-year-old miscreant at Sant Ashram Nagar under Bagh Sewania police station area on Monday; a case was registered after a complaint was lodged with the police on Tuesday. According to the police the victim was sexually assaulted by her neighbor on Monday when her parents were at work. Police said that the victim was at home with her elder brother. The accused Nitesh Vajpayee came in an inebriated state and asked for water and after entering the house he molested the minor victim and escaped the spot. The victim and her brother later reported the incident to the parents, the family lodged a complaint.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 376 of the IPC and section 5 and 6 of the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act -2012. Police have started search for the accused. Details of the accused would be searched in the investigation. The accused is acquainted with the family and used to visit the house frequently.
The parents used to work as labour and were at work at the time of the incident. Nitesh used to work as labour and was heavily drunk at the time of the incident which was told to the police by victim’s elder brother who was present at the time of the incident. Search for the missing accused has been intensified. .