Pune, October 24: The Pune police arrested a 61-year-old man belonging to a dominant upper caste in Saswad for sexually assaulting a minor from a lower caste family. According to a report published in Hindustan Times, the eight-year-old girl’s grandfather lodged a complaint at the Saswad police station on October 22. The police, however, refused to disclose the name of the accused. The police immediately arrested the accused after the complaint was filed.

According to the report, a case has been registered against the 61-year-old man under relevant subsections of Section 376 and 506 (criminal intimidation) of Indian penal code (IPC). The accused was also booked under Section 4, 6, 8, 10 of protection of children against sexual offence (POCSO) Act, 2012 and sections 3(1)(11), 3(1)(12) of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. Assam Rape Case: Minor Girl Raped in Tinsukia, 55-Year Old Accused Identified as Ainul Haque, Investigation Underway

The accused took her his house in Purandar around 12 noon on September 9 and sexually assaulted her, reported Hindustan Times. The survivor told her parents that the accused also sexually assaulted her on the first day of Diwali in 2017. The 61-year-old accused and the survivor’s family are farmers. The man also threatened the minor not to tell anyone about the incident. The police will conduct medical examinations of the girl and the accused to take further action.

In a similar incident of sexual assault against minors, a class 9 girl from Maharashtra's Wardha district was raped and murdered allegedly by two boys, one being her reported boyfriend. the duo had met 15 days ago. The girl was in class 9th class while the boy was in class 10th. During the investigation, police found that both the minors had established physical relations. The boy claimed that the girl wanted to marry immediately.

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