Poor probe: Cyberabad man walks free in child abuse case

Hyderabad | Sunday | 17th November, 2019

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Pinto Deepak ByExpress News ServiceHYDERABAD: Lack of a ‘main witness’ in a case of kidnapping and molestation of an eight-year-old girl registered at RGI Airport PS, under Cyberabad commissionerate in 2017, led to the acquittal of the alleged accused. “On overall analysis of the evidence placed, I do not see any clear and cogent evidence to conclude that the accused has committed the said offence. During March 2017, when the victim’s mother sent her to purchase tomatoes from a nearby market, the alleged accused forcefully took her into the nearby bushes and attempted to strip her. But hearing the victim’s cry for help, passersby rushed to her rescue and caught the accused. However, during the trials, the court pointed out that the prosecution did not examine the garbage collector..