Three-year-old molested by neighbour in Bharatpur district

TNN | Updated: Apr 4, 2020, 09:13 IST

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JAIPUR: A three-year-old girl was allegedly molested by a youth in her neighbourhood under Bayan police station area in Bharatpur on Thursday evening when her parents were working in the fields. In their complaint, the parents said that they had caught the accused red-handed but he fled. Cops later detained the accused and launched a probe.
Bayana SHO Madan Lal Meena said, “The parents registered a case of rape against the accused who is their neighbour. According to them when they returned home they found that the accused had taken the child to a room in their house and shut the door. When they entered, he jumped out of the window and fled.”
“We got the girl’s medical examination done on Friday. According to the doctors, there are no signs of injury or bleeding in her private parts. It appears that there was no penetrative assault. We have detained the accused based on the parents’ complaint,” added the official.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)