Nine-year-old sodomised by youth in Bareilly

BAREILLY: A nine-year-old boy was sodomised by a 22-year-old local youth in Premnagar area of Bareilly on Wednesday night.
The boy was playing with his friends when the accused offered to let him play video games in the latter’s room and took him away. Once he had the boy alone in his room, the accused locked the door and sodomised the boy.
After the assault, the boy barely managed to reach his home and fell unconscious. He was rushed to hospital where he regained consciousness and told his mother all about the assault. The boy’s family approached police on Thursday and filed an FIR against the youth, who is absconding since the incident.
The accused is identified as Amit Kumar, a tailor by profession who works with his father in the latter’s shop. Police conducted raids at the shop and their house, but both were closed and members of the family were absconding.
SHO Premnagar police station Balbeer Singh told TOI, “The accused, Amit, has been booked under sections 377 (unnatural offences), 506 (criminal intimidation) and POCSO Act. We are conducting raids and also trying to track his cellphone location, and expect to arrest him within 24 hours. We sent the victim for medical examination after recording his statement.”
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)