7-yr-old raped in Muzaffarnagar, girl recuperates in hospital, no arrest yet

  • | Thursday | 21st March, 2019

Muzaffarnagar: A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped around 15 kilometers away from her village in Muzaffarnagar.Locals spotted the minor and informed the police. We will arrest the culprit soon.”According to police officials, the person who took away the girl was captured in a CCTV camera installed at a village shop. After the crime, the victim’s family approached the Masoorpur police station and filed a complaint against the four youths. Police registered a case under various sections including 376D (gang rape) and started an investigation into the crime. Accused had been identified as Nintu, Ashu, Pardeep and Adil.

Muzaffarnagar: A seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped around 15 kilometers away from her village in Muzaffarnagar.Locals spotted the minor and informed the police. The girl is recuperating in a hospital here and an FIR has been filed.The girl in question was missing from her house since Tuesday afternoon and was found in Kathod village here.According to sources, the little girl along with her minor brother were on their way to a shop to buy kite thread when an unidentified man asked them to buy a thread for him too and gave Rs 20 to her brother. When her brother went to a kite shop to buy the thread, he took her away, sources added.Later in the evening, she was found 15 km away from her village in a garden under Meerapur police station area. A passerby informed the police. After receiving information, police rushed to the site of the crime and sent her to a district hospital for treatment.Pankaj Tyagi, station house officer of Meerapur police station, said, “A case has been registered against the unidentified person in sections 376 (Rape) of Indian Penal Code and Protection of the children from the sexual offense (Pocso) Act. An investigation is currently on. We will arrest the culprit soon.”According to police officials, the person who took away the girl was captured in a CCTV camera installed at a village shop. The police are now screening the electronic footage to identify the culprit.Notably on March 9, a 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped by four youths in a field at gunpoint in Masoorpur area when the minor went out of her house. After the crime, the victim’s family approached the Masoorpur police station and filed a complaint against the four youths. Police registered a case under various sections including 376D (gang rape) and started an investigation into the crime. Accused had been identified as Nintu, Ashu, Pardeep and Adil. They were arrested and sent to prison.

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