Faridabad: Minor Girl Takes Shelter From Rain At Shop, Raped At Knifepoint By POCSO Accused Out On Bail
In a shocking incident, a minor girl who had taken shelter from the storm and rain under the roof of a barber shop was raped at knifepoint.
The incident happened on Monday, May 29, in Sector 63, of Haryana's Faridabad, when the city had received widespread rains.
Raped while saving herself from rain
The girl, a government school student, was on her way home when the rains started.?To save herself from the rain, the girl took shelter under the roof of a barber shop on the roadside.
The shop owner, identified as Praveen, who was standing outside, allegedly dragged the girl inside and sexually abused her at knifepoint.?He also allegedly threatened to harm her if she revealed the sexual assault to anyone.
The incident came to light after the girl narrated the ordeal to her mother upon reaching home.
Accused arrested
The mother then approached the Adarsh Nagar police in Faridabad and filed a complaint.?Meanwhile, a medical examination of the girl also confirmed that she was sexually abused.
Based on the mother's complaint, a case under Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Section 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), along with relevant sections of the Arms Act was registered against the 23-year-old accused.
Praveen, a resident of Gurgaon's Ghangola village, was arrested from his shop on Tuesday.
"The knife used in the crime has been recovered from the suspect. He was produced before a court and sent to 14-day judicial custody," Faridabad police spokesperson Sube Singh said.
Had another POCSO case against him
During the investigation, the Police also learned that the accused had another POCSO case pending against him.
According to the Police, Praveen was previously arrested in another case registered in the Ballabhgarh area under the POCSO and was out on bail.
Neighbour arrested for raping Class X student?
On Sunday, the Ballabhgarh police had arrested another POCSO accused who allegedly raped his neighbour, a Class 10 student,? at a hotel in Adarsh Nagar.
The accused allegedly raped her after giving her a drink laced with drugs and made a video.
According to the complaint filed by the 16-year-old girl's father, the youth living in the same neighbourhood befriended his daughter during her school journey.
After sexually abusing her, the accused allegedly blackmailed the victim by threatening to circulate the clip.?
He also used the videos to force the victim to accompany him to the hotel several times and raped her.
"The last time the accused raped her (was) on May 19. When my daughter got upset, she told me, and I rushed to the police," the victim's father alleged.
The girl's father also alleged that two friends of the accused threatened her.
The police on Saturday registered an FIR against the accused and his two friends under provisions of the POCSO Act.
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