Farmer held for rape of 12-year-old in Telangana

HYDERABAD: A 27-year-old farmer was arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl in Yalal mandal in Vikarabad district. The accused is alleged to have committed the offence on Wednesday afternoon when the girl was alone at her home while her parents had gone out for work.
“The accused owns a farmland and also works in the fields of others. When the girl was alone, the accused entered the house and raped her. After committing the offence, he threatened the girl to not reveal about the assault to anyone and left the place,” Yalal SI Vitthal Reddy said.
The girl told her parents about the sexual assault when they returned home in the evening. “Parents of the minor lodged a complaint with us on Wednesday night and a case was registered against the accused under section 376 (rape) of the IPC and the Pocso Act,” the SI said. The accused has been remanded in judicial custody.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)