Palwal, December 12: The police have arrested a youth of Gulabad village, identified as Nikhil, for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl, a class IX student, whom he allegedly abducted outside her house on the night intervening December 10 and 11.
The accused reportedly warned the girl to come out or face dire consequences. Intimidated, she did so. The accused took her to a house nearby and sexually assaulted her.
Kamla Rani, SHO Mahila Police Station said a probe was on. “The police have filed a case under the POCSO Act and Sections 363 (kidnapping) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC against the accused, who is in judicial custody,’’ she said.
This is is the third such case in a week. Earlier on December 6, a teenager, who too was a student, was abducted and raped near Kashipur village on December 6. The victim was on her way to school when two youths — Sumit and Gaurav — offered her a lift in their car. She was driven to an isolated place and raped by Sumit. The accused are yet to be arrested.
On December 7, a four-year-old girl playing outside her house was taken away to a house in the neighborhood and molested. The accused, identified as Manoj of Rampur Khor village, was nabbed and sent to judicial custody.
The Palwal SP was not available for comment. Haryana DGP BS Sandhu said he had instructed prompt action in cases where the rape victim was a minor and the submission of challan in court within a month.
