PUNE: The Chandannagar police has arrested a jobless man for flashing a minor girl at a housing society around 6.15pm on Thursday.
The seven-year-old girl and her friend were playing on the parking premises when the suspect reached the spot.
Police said the man called the girl, a kindergarten student, and asked her questions like where she stayed in the building. The girl promptly replied to his question, when the man suddenly flashed her.
The terrified girl and her friend rushed to their residence. Her friend alerted her parents about the incident following which some building residents rushed to the spot, manhandled the suspect and handed him over to the police.
Gajanan Jadhav, assistant inspector, Chandannagar police, said, “The girl’s mother rushed to the spot after she came to know about the incident. She then registered an FIR.”
Jadhav said, “Investigations revealed that the man does not stay in the building. He had come to meet his parents there.”
The suspect was produced before the special court on Saturday following the expiry of his one-day police custody remand. He was remanded in judicial custody and sent to the Yerawada Central Jail, he added.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
The seven-year-old girl and her friend were playing on the parking premises when the suspect reached the spot.
Police said the man called the girl, a kindergarten student, and asked her questions like where she stayed in the building. The girl promptly replied to his question, when the man suddenly flashed her.
The terrified girl and her friend rushed to their residence. Her friend alerted her parents about the incident following which some building residents rushed to the spot, manhandled the suspect and handed him over to the police.
Gajanan Jadhav, assistant inspector, Chandannagar police, said, “The girl’s mother rushed to the spot after she came to know about the incident. She then registered an FIR.”
Jadhav said, “Investigations revealed that the man does not stay in the building. He had come to meet his parents there.”
The suspect was produced before the special court on Saturday following the expiry of his one-day police custody remand. He was remanded in judicial custody and sent to the Yerawada Central Jail, he added.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
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