Lucknow: A 70-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl at a village in Nakhasa area of Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal on Saturday night.
According to police, the daughter of a labourer, who studies in Class 3, had gone to buy candy from a shop when vegetable seller Monis Khan called her. Since she knew Monis and often visited his shop with her mother, she went to him. Monis offered her chocolate before taking her inside and raping her.
Monis was caught red-handed by a resident, who informed others in the village and he was later handed over to police.
SHO Nakhasa police station Yogesh Kumar said, “The accused has been booked under sections 376AB (raping a woman under 12 years of age) of the IPC along with the Pocso Act on the complaint of the survivor’s father. We recorded the statement of the survivor and her family. We’ll ensure strict action against the accused.”
Additional SP (rural) Shirish Chandra also met the survivor’s family and assured strict action against the accused.
