Ludhiana, June 12

A man sexually abused a 10-year-old girl at New Basant Vihar, Kakowal road, here.

He has been identified as Jagir Singh, also a resident of the same area.

The complainant, the mother of the victim, told the police that on June 10, her daughter was looking depressed but she was not revealing the behind the same to any family member.

“Later, she revealed that the man took her to his room on the pretext of playing some game where he undressed the girl and touched her private parts. He also forced my daughter to touch his private part, “ she alleged.

The woman said afterwards, she rushed to the Basti Jodhewal police station and lodged a complaint against him.

SI Rachpal Kaur said a case under Section 376 A-B and 506 of the IPC and under Section 6 of the Pocso Act has been registered against the suspect and efforts were on to nab him. — TNS