Rajkot: Two Class VI students were booked for allegedly molesting a 12-year-old girl, a senior in their school, at their residence in Rajkot on Saturday.
The police booked the minor boys under IPC section 354 (A) and sections 7 and 8 of POCSO Act.
Deputy commissioner of police Manoharsinh Jadeja told the media that after the girl narrated her ordeal, the two 11-year-old boys have been taken into custody and further proceedings will continue as per the Juvenile Justice Act.
According to the police, a complaint of sexual harassment was registered with the Mahila Police Station on Saturday against the two boys by the girl’s parents. In their plaint, the parents alleged that the duo called their daughter, who is their neighbour and also a senior in their school, to play with puppies.
The duo then took her inside the house of one of the accused and both boys started hugging, touching her inappropriately and harassing her sexually, said cops.
Sources said that the accused boys had a quarrel with the victim’s brother a few days ago.
DCP Jadeja said that when cops tried to talk with her in the presence of her mother, the girl was scared.
“We had to take her to the one stop sakhi centre, where professional counsellors counselled the victim in the presence of her mother and she narrated her ordeal,” he added.
Meanwhile, the police also interrogated both the boys in the presence of their parents and produced them before principal juvenile judge on Saturday evening.