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Kanpur:A mob thrashed, tonsured and blackened the face of a man for allegedly molesting a three-year-old girl in Kalyanpur of the city on Thursday. The police have taken the man into custody.
Kalyanpur Inspector Janardan Tiwari said, “The girl’s mother, who runs a ‘pan -masala’ kiosk outside her house, alleged that the man, Ankit, a resident of Shivli Road, Kanpur Dehat who works as a class four worker at a private hospital, had come to purchase ‘guthka’ at her shop. However, he barged into her house, picked up her three-year-old daughter and molested her. As she raised an alarm, the family members nabbed him. Locals of the area also gathered there and along with family members assaulted him.”
“The man’s head was tonsured and face blackened when he was taken into custody by a police team. We also came to know that he was beaten up in full public view. We were not informed by the girl’s family about the incident. We only came to know about the incident when some passersby alerted the police control room,” police said.
“We have received a complaint from the girl’s family and lodged an FIR under IPC sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and relevant sections of POCSO against the man,” he said.
He added that the girl was sent for medical examination.