Alert residents of Vivek Nagar rescued a minor girl from a 57-year-old man who was allegedly attempting to sexually assault her in an isolated place on Saturday night. The accused, identified as Suresh, supervisor of a tent house in Maya Bazaar, was beaten up by the residents before being handed over to the police.
Initial inquiries revealed that Suresh was married thrice but was presently living alone. He had married a woman after his first wife died. However, the second wife deserted him. He married for the third time, but his third wife too recently deserted him, said the police.
When people questioned him as to why he was moving around the victim, aged 11, around 9.30 p.m. from the same neighbourhood, he claimed that he was accompanying her to drop her at her house. Some of them grew suspicious about his claims and followed him. When he took the victim to a desolate area and attempted to assault her, the residents caught him. He sustained injuries in the attack and was shifted to NIMHANS. Based on the statement of the victim, the police booked him under the POCSO Act and are waiting for his recovery to remand him in judicial custody.
