JHANSI: A 70-year-old man was arrested for raping a five-year-old girl in
Maharajganj village under limits of
Pooch police station in
Jhansi on Friday.
As per police reports, the accused was identified as
Sadhuram and he raped the girl after managing to lure the minor on the pretext of playing in the fields.
Later, the girl's parents found out that she was bleeding from her private parts and they approached the police.
On being arrested, the accused denied raping the minor and said that the girl had slipped in the fields and had ended up hurting herself. The girl belonged to the Scheduled Caste community.
A FIR has been lodged in the Pooch police station against Sadhuram under section 376 IPC, section 3/4 of the POCSO Act and section 325 of the SC/ST Act.
Circle Officer (
Poonch) Asha Pal Singh, said, "We are waiting for the reports of the girl's medical examination for further investigation. In the meantime, we have lodged an FIR against the accused and have arrested him."
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