In separate cases, two men have been arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, for allegedly assaulting minor girls in Kolar and in Bengaluru.
In the Kolar case, the Bethamangala police, under Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) police district, arrested a tea vendor on Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting his minor daughter, based on a complaint by the mother.
Six months
According to the complaint, the father sexually abused his teenage daughter when his wife was away and warned her against informing anyone about the crime. According to sources, he continued to do so for over six months.
A few days ago, the girl broke down and narrated her ordeal to her mother, who filed a complaint. She alleged that her husband threatened to kill her when she confronted him. “An FIR has been filed and the accused was arrested on Monday,” B.S. Lokeshkumar, KGF Superintendent of Police, said. He has been remanded in to judicial custody.
Second case
In the second case, a provision store owner was arrested on Monday for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl at his shop in Hanumanthanagar in Bengaluru two days ago. The accused, identified as Nataraj, 35, has been booked under several sections of the POCSO Act and produced before a magistrate. He has been remanded in to judicial custody.
According to the police, Nataraj owns a store at Raghavendra Block in Srinagar, Hanumanthanagar. On Saturday at 5 p.m., when the girl was walking home from her grandparents’ house, Nataraj lured her with chocolates and took her inside the store, where he allegedly sexually assaulted her, the police said. When she returned home, the victim was bleeding and complained of a severe stomach ache. Her parents took her to the hospital, where the doctors informed them that she had been sexually assaulted.
A medico-legal case was registered and forwarded to Hanumanthanagar police station on Sunday morning.
The police, who visited the hospital, collected details about the incident from the victim’s parents and headed to the provision store to find that it was closed and the accused had fled. On Monday evening, Nataraj was arrested by a special team of the Hanumanthanagar police.
