RAJKOT: Mahesh Vaja (20) was arrested on Thursday for allegedly molesting a 14-year-old girl in his apartment building lift two days ago.
According to the police complaint, Vaja had been following the minor girl, who also lives in the same apartment as his, for the last few months. He had been asking the girl to become his friend, but the girl had ignored him.
On Tuesday, the minor girl bumped into Vaja in the lift. The accused again asked the girl to be his friend, when she refused, he allegedly molested her. Vaja threatened to kill her parents if she told about the lift incident to anybody. The girl later told about the incident to her parents, who lodged a complaint with the police.
Police said that Vaja was booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and under sections of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)