14yearold Boy Held For Raping 6 Year Old Neighbour In Palwal

A 14-year-old boy was apprehended on Tuesday for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl living in his neighbourhood after sneaking inside her residence in Palwal, police said on Wednesday.

The incident took place between 3pm and 3.40pm on Monday when the victim, a lower-kindergarten student in a private school in Palwal, was alone at her residence. “The accused was a class-VIII student in a government school in Palwal. The victim knew her and used to play together in the neighbourhood,” a senior police officer said.

Police said the victim’s father was at work while her mother had gone to bring her elder son, a class-I student, from school. A senior police officer said the main door of the victim’s house was open when the boy sneaked inside and locked it. “Finding the minor alone, he raped and also threatened her with dire consequences before leaving. None of the neighbours got to know about the incident as the victim could not even cry as she was in a state of shock,” he said.

Inspector Shree Bhagwan, station house officer of Chandhut police station, said the father had alerted the police control room about the incident, following which teams reached the spot and the hospital. “On complaint of the father, an FIR was immediately registered against the accused under section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act on Monday,” he said.

Bhagwan said the medical examination of the victim has been carried out, and doctors found injury marks on her body, establishing that she was sexually assaulted. “She was admitted at the Civil Hospital for a day and was discharged on Tuesday after her condition became stable,” he said, adding that further investigation was going on in the case.