PUNE: The police on Monday detained a 14-year-old boy after his neighbour lodged a first information report (FIR) against him for sexually assaulting her five-year-old daughter.
The sexual assault happened in the afternoon when the girl had gone to watch television at his house.
The boy has been booked under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. “The boy has been sent to a correction home by the juvenile justice board,” said an officer from the Bhosari police station.
The officer said the boy and girl were neighbours. On Monday, around 3pm, the girl had gone to the boy’s house to watch TV. “As there was no one in the house, the boy sexually assaulted the girl,” the officer said.
The girl immediately went home and informed her mother. “Her mother has lodged the complaint,” the officer said.