Uttar Pradesh: Youth held for sexually harassing 8-yr-old girl

An eight-year-old school girl was allegedly molested by a youth staying in her neighbourhood in a Kakori village on Lucknow outskirts on Sunday.

The youth has been arrested after registering an FIR under IPC section 354-A for unwelcome and explicit sexual overtures and section 7/8 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act against him.

The accused identified as Chottu was arrested from Chandoiya crossing in Kakori when he was about to board a bus to leave the city.

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District police spokesman Arun Kumar said the girl’s father told the police that the youth was familiar to the girl’s family and frequently visited their home. He said the accused was sexually harassing the girl for past many days but she was unable to explain it to her parents.

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He said the parents came to know about the incident when the girl’s mother interacted with her after she became ill recently. He said the girl shared her trauma to her mother after which her parents approached the police and lodged an FIR against the youth.