An Assistant Constable of District Police was arrested allegedly for raping a 13-year-old girl in the insurgency-hit Dantewada district, police said here on Sunday.
“Assistant Constable Jashman Netam posted with Jaram camp of the District Force was arrested following a complaint which was lodged against him at Kotwali police station by the victim girl’s relative last night,” Superintendent of Police (SP), Dantewada, Kamlochan Kashyap said.
The incident took place on June 8 when the girl was alone at her sister’s place in Pondum village located close to the Jaram police camp. A class VI student, the victim had come to her sister’s place to spend her summer vacation, police said.
On finding the girl alone in the house, the accused entered the house and locked it from inside before outraging her modesty, police said.
According to the police, the accused has been booked under IPC Sections 376 (rape), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 452 (House-trespass after preparation for hurt) and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.