Two youths arrested for molesting minor, threatening her with fake gun

On June 12, at around 8:30pm the girl allegedly met the accused and his friend on the terrace of her building.

As per girl’s mother’s complaint, the accused and his friend molested her daughter on the terrace of her building and using a fake gun allegedly forced her to wear the burkha. But the girl refused their demands and somehow managed to escape.

She then approached her parents and narrated them the entire story.

Since the accused and victim stay in common locality, after the matter got public, members of concerned residential societies, on June 15 had arranged for a collective meeting in a nearby garden to discuss the issue between the boy and the girl.

“The discussion soon turned violent and we received a call from some locals stating that a crowd had turned violent and were beating up two men. We had to intervene,” said MB Patil, senior inspector at Bhayandar Police Station.

“After girl’s mother’s complaint, we arrested the accused youths,” Patil added.

The police have arrested the offenders under sections 354 (molestation), 354A (sexual harassment), 506 (criminal intimidation) of the indian Penal Code and under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), 2012 .

The accused were produced before a court in Thane on Saturday and were remanded to judicial custody.