A minor girl was critically injured when she was thrown from the terrace of a house by a youth after a failed rape attempt in Rampur.
The 15-year-old victim was rushed to the district hospital with multiple fractures, from where the doctors referred her to a trauma centre because of her critical condition.
The incident took place in the Civil Lines area of Rampur on Tuesday night and the accused was arrested on Wednesday evening.
Reports said that the minor girl was on the terrace of her house when the accused, residing in the same locality, jumped and caught hold of her.
As he tried to rape the victim, she raised an alarm and pushed him away following which the youth threw her down from the terrace. Later, before the family members and local residents came, he jumped back and escaped.
The girl revealed her trauma to the family members after which they filed a written complaint.
Rampur’s Additional Superintendent of Police Arun Kumar Singh said the accused, a resident of the Pahari Gate area under the Civil Lines police station, had been booked under several sections which included section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 325 (punishment for voluntarily causing grievous hurt) of the Indian Penal Code and appropriate sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
In Jalaun also, a five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two minor boys in a village in Aata area, police said on Thursday.
The girl was admitted to a hospital in Jhansi in a serious condition, ASP Awadhesh Singh, told media persons.
‘The incident took place on Wednesday evening when the girl was playing outside her house and a 13-year-old boy took her to a secluded place where another boy (11 years) was also present. Both of them allegedly raped the girl, the ASP said.
Villagers nabbed both the boys and handed them over to the police, he said.
Both of them were produced before a juvenile court on Thursday.