66-yr-old held for sexually abusing 15-yr-old girl

  • | Wednesday | 18th July, 2018

KOLKATA: The 66-year-old owner of a grocery shop in Kasba’s Naskarhat was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a 15-yearold mentally challenged girl inside his shop on Tuesday. The girl was waiting inside the shop, when Kumar allegedly molested the girl and sexually abused her. The girl raised a cry and a woman, a relative of the survivor, caught the accused red-handed. Kasba police have slapped sections 6 and 10 of the Pocso Act and produced the accused in court. According to the complaint by the minor’s mother, the girl had gone to the shop when the accused managed to convince her to stay back as it was raining outside.

KOLKATA: The 66-year-old owner of a grocery shop in Kasba’s Naskarhat was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a 15-yearold mentally challenged girl inside his shop on Tuesday. Kasba police have slapped sections 6 and 10 of the Pocso Act and produced the accused in court. The survivor has been sent for medical checkup at the CNMC hospital.Earlier in the day, more than 200 locals gheraoed the shop after which officers of the local police station led by the officer in charge convinced the protesters and took the accused, Prasanta Kumar, with them. According to the complaint by the minor’s mother, the girl had gone to the shop when the accused managed to convince her to stay back as it was raining outside. The girl was waiting inside the shop, when Kumar allegedly molested the girl and sexually abused her. The girl raised a cry and a woman, a relative of the survivor, caught the accused red-handed.

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