In a beastly act reported from Agra , a minor boy lured an 18-month-old girl by offering her toffee and toys and later left her in a critical state after she started bleeding heavily due to sexual assault on her.
The victim was admitted to hospital.
The father of the girl, a native of Basti locality of Etmaddaula in Agra, lodged a report in this regard with the police.
Local Circle Officer Rajeev Kumar Singh said a case was registered and the accused was arrested on Tuesday.
In another sensational incident, a rape victim was kidnapped in broad daylight by the accused in Fatehpur. Father of the victim, who was working with other family members in the field, said that over half-a-dozen Tavera-borne miscreants stopped near his field on Monday afternoon and forcibly bundled his daughter in the vehicle.
He said that after they heard the screams of his daughter, they and other villagers rushed to her rescue but the accused escaped with the girl.
The police reached the spot and claimed to be taking the help of CCTV footage to identify the miscreants.
On October 7 last year, the same girl was kidnapped by some goons but was later rescued by the police. The cops had registered a rape case under POCSO Act and sent the accused Kuldeep Lodhi, Jai Singh and Meena Singh to jail.
Now the police apprehend that the same accused could be behind the crime as one woman was also spotted in the Tavera.
Meanwhile, a local court in Firozabad sentenced a man accused of raping and murdering a minor, to death on Tuesday.
For the first time, a death penalty has been given under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) in Firozabad.
The case pertains to the Chandpura village in the Sirsaganj area where an eight-year-old girl went missing from a Chhath programme in her neighbourhood on March 17, 2019. When she did not return home till late, the family members started searching for her but in vain.
The people informed the family that the girl was last seen with Shiv Shankar alias Bantu at around 2200 hours. The girl’s body was found in a wheat farm the next morning. The victim had strangulation marks in her neck.
The Firozabad jail does not have the facility to hang the accused. Meerut jail has the facility for hanging in Uttar Pradesh. On the other hand, the facility to hang women prisoners is in Mathura. The accused has the option to appeal in the High Court and the Supreme Court against the local court’s decision.