A 40-year-old man was arrested by UT police, for allegedly sexually exploiting a minor girl at Maloya, on Friday night.
A 12 year-old girl was sexually assaulted at Maloya on Friday night. UT police has arrested a middle-aged married man named Ranga Swami, who has been accused for the crime. The victim, who is studying in Class VIII, told the police that the accused forced her to accompany him to a nearby forest area, while she was returning home from a grocery store, situated in her locality. Gurmukh Singh, SHO of Chandigarh police said that the girl was sexually assaulted in the forest and the accused even tried to rape her. After struggling badly the girl managed to escape from the clutches of her tormentor and after reaching home she narrated the incidents to her parents.
Once the incident came into light, the parents contacted the police and lodged an FIR. A case has been registered under Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and the accused has been arrested.