Chhattisgarh minor accused of sexual assault and murder of 3-year-old girl, sent to correctional home
Based on the post mortem report, charges of sexual assault and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act were added, the official said.
"The child was playing near her house while her father was out on work. After she went missing, her mother mounted a search and was told by a neighbour that the child and the 14-year-old accused were seen going towards the toilet in his house," Bilaspur SP said. A minor boy was sent to a correctional home on Monday for the alleged sexual assault and murder of a three-year-old girl in Chhattisgarh’s Bilaspur, officials said. The boy’s uncle has been arrested for allegedly trying to conceal the incident.
According to officials, the boy, who is around 15 years old, sexually assaulted the toddler and then smothered her to death when she screamed.
While looking for her daughter, the girl’s mother was told by a local resident that she was seen with the boy. When the mother reached the boy’s house, officials said, the boy’s uncle told her the girl was not there, after which the mother went searching all over the neighbourhood again.
She then went back to the boy’s house and demanded to see him. When the uncle told her the boy was in the bathroom, she insisted on opening the bathroom door, officials said, adding that when the door was finally opened by the boy after much resistance, the girl was found inside in an unconscious state.
“The girl was rushed to a private hospital, where they refused to admit her. She was then rushed to a government hospital, where she was pronounced dead. A post-mortem report revealed she had injury marks on her private parts,” an official said.
Bilaspur Additional Superintendent of Police Umesh Kashyap said, “We have booked the boy for rape and his uncle for trying to conceal the incident under sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The boy was sent to a correctional home and the uncle has been arrested.”
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