An eight-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by her neighbour on Friday. The victim is a resident of Ghodi Bacheda village in Greater Noida area and stays with her parents.
An FIR was registered at Dadri police station and her neighbour was arrested on the complaint given by the victim’s family. Police said the incident occurred when the victim was sent for an errand. “The minor victim is a resident of the Ghodi Bacheda village in Greater Noida was lured and abducted by her neighbour who was identified as Manoj, who works as a labourer,” said police.
Police claimed the accused lured the victim to a dense undergrowth. “The incident happened on Friday night when the girl went missing and could not be found. We were informed at 8 pm and started the search with her family. When she failed to show up till late evening, her family started looking for her and found her bleeding and lying abandoned in the undergrowth near their home,” said a senior police officer.
A complaint was lodged at Dadri police station by the victim’s family, a manhunt was launched and the accused was apprehended. “An FIR was registered under Sections 376 of IPC. We have also charged the accused under Sections 3 and 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012,” the official said.
Meanwhile, the victim has been sent for a medical examination and is being counselled at the district hospital, police said. Besides booking the offender for rape, police have also initiated the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 against the accused and have remanded him to judicial custody.