An eight-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by a 52-year-old man at Om Nagar under Jehangirabad police station area on March 22; a case was registered on Monday. The victim’s after parents lodged the complaint when they came to know that the victim was sexually assaulted.
According to the police, the victim was sexually assaulted by the victim Dilip lamba at his house and later escaped the spot. The family members came to know about the atrocity on March 26 and when victim’s mother asked victim told the incident.
A complaint was lodged with the Jehangirabad police and in the complaint it was stated that the accused committed the crime on March 22 when her parents were at work and she was at home along with her three year old brother. The accused arrived and lured her of food. The victim told the accused to accompany her three year old brother for food but the accused refused and told the victim to accompany her alone and unaware of the evil she followed the accused to his house where she was sexually assaulted. After she was sexually assaulted the victim was threatened by the accused not to report the incident to her parents. The police have registered a case under section 376, 363 and 506 of the IPC and section 3 and 5 of the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act-2012 and have started further investigation.
The accused went absconding after the complaint was lodged. Victim’s father works with a hotel and her mother works as labour.