Already marred with controversy in the murder and rape of an 11-year-old girl, one more rape case of minor registered with the Gujarat police on Monday.
However in the fresh case, police could nab accused who raped and sodomised 9-year-old girl in Rajkot.
Reacting quickly on a complaint related minor girl being raped by her neighbour, the police nabbed one Kamlesh Bharwad. The complaint was registered by mother of the girl. Rajkot ACP Harshad Bhatt said that the culprit accepted his crime before the police. The accused confessed that he exploited the minor girl sexually twice a fortnight ago and threatened her not to tell anyone.
He was booked under various sections pertaining to rape as prescribed in the Indian Penal Code, including Section 376, 377, 354 (A) and under Section 6 & 10 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012 (Pocso Act).