Mumbai: 2 minor boys booked in gangrape case

Mumbai | Wednesday | 6th February, 2019

Summary:

Amboli police detained the school boys following a complaint from the minor girl, a Class 3 student, on February 1. MUMBAI: Two minor boys, aged 10 and 11 years, were sent to the correction home at Dongri after being detained and booked in a gangrape case on February 1.The incident occurred late January 30 in a highrise in Andheri (West) where the nine-year-old girl and the two juveniles reside. The minor boys committed the offence while playing with the girl in the building.“The juveniles took the girl to a corridor between the 12th and 13th floors where they attempted to sexually assault her. A case has been registered against the juveniles under IPC and under the POCSO Act. The victim revealed the incident to her mother only the next day when she faced a problem going to the toilet,” said a police officer.Her mother then lodged a complaint..