A 24-year-old youth was booked by TT Nagar police on the charge of molesting a 17-year-old girl in TT Nagar area on Tuesday. The accused went absconding after committing the crime.
The accused, identified as Lallu alias Deepak, entered the house when the victim was alone and molested her.
The victim lodged a complaint with the police stating that she was alone at her house when the accused came and started to molest her and when she raised an alarm, he escaped from the spot threatening her of killing her family.
The victim was alone at the time of the incident as her brother had gone for some work while her mother and father had gone to Hoshangabad for treatment of her ailing father.
After the return of the victim’s brother, she reported the incident and later, a complaint was lodged with the TT Nagar police.
Based on the complaint, a case of abduction, attempt to rape and POCSO was registered. Later, the accused was nabbed by the police.
The details of the accused are under investigation and his crime record would be checked.
During the probe, police found that the parents of the victim had gone to Hoshangabad on February 8 leaving victim and her brother at home.