Dehradun police arrested a Class X student on Friday who had allegedly sexually exploited a minor girl at Machhi Talab Peeth Bazaar under Vasant Vihar Police Station on Thursday. According to the victim, the boy lured her to a desolated place where she was raped by him.
The rape accused has been sent to Juvenile Home. A case under section 376 of IPC and appropriate sections under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has been registered against the accused in Vasant Vihar Police Station, said Vasant Vihar Police Station in-charge Pradeep Chauhan. The statement of the victim will be recorded under section 164 of CrPC before the magistrate on Saturday, he added.