PANCHKULA: A 12-year old
boy was assaulted and
raped allegedly by a
tempo driver in a village of
Panchkula district on Tuesday.
The incident came to light when the kid complained of stomach pain to his father and the latter took him to the hospital, where it was confirmed. A case has been registered in Chandimandir police station against the accused tempo driver.
The father of the victim owns a dairy and had sold a
murrah buffalo to his brother and sent his son along to deliver it in a tempo truck.
“As my son’s school was closed, I sent him with the tempo driver to deliver the buffalo,” the father has said in his complaint.
When the kid returned home the same day, he complained about stomach ache to his father. His father after finding his kid in pain, took him to the hospital. The doctor at the hospital told father of the victim about some sexual attack on his kid.
When father asked his kid, the kid narrated the entire incident to his father. The kid told his father that “On our way, the tempo driver stopped the tempo near empty fields and sexually assaulted me”.
The driver had allegedly threatened the boy me to not to tell this to anyone.
A complaint was filed by father of the victim against the tempo driver. Cops on the basis of the complaint registered a case against the accused under section 4 (Punishment for penetrative sexual assault) of POCSO (Protection of child from sexual offences) act and Section 377 (unnatural offences) act in Chandimandir police station and started the investigation.
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