Youth held for stalking schoolgirl

Pune | Thursday | 22nd February, 2018

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Pune: The Yerawada police on Tuesday arrested a 19-year-old youth for stalking a 15-year-old schoolgirl since February 11.The girl and boy tudy in the same institute, and are acquainted with each other. He then started stalking her. On a complaint filed by the girl’s mother, the boy was arrested on charges of stalking, among others, under the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, Kadam added. She studies in Class IX, while the suspect is a Class XI student.“The boy started sending messages to the girl on a social networking site and started chatting with her. In a fit of rage, the boy attacked the girl’s father and abused them,” Kadam added.They then decided to take the legal route..