Patna 12yearold held for raping 5yearold girl

  • | Saturday | 14th July, 2018

Several things including his mental condition needs to me medically examined to ensure if inconsistency in statement was due to his situation or he was misleading police,” SHO Ranjana said. The SHO said the accused was continually changing his location until he was caught from his maternal uncle’s house in Salimpur. “He has confessed his crime but said that he doesn’t know how things happened. PATNA: A team of Women’s police station arrested a 12-year-old boy from village Alipur Bihta under Salimpur police station area in Patna on Friday night who had allegedly raped a 5-year-old girl near the slums at road number 31 in Gardanibagh locality The incident had come to light on July 8 after which an FIR was lodged with the Women’s police station on July 10. “The minor girl’s parents are daily wagers,” Ranjana said.When asked, the SHO said that it was yet not clear that what instigated the boy to commit such a heinous crime.“Only after further investigation, it would surface that if he was in wrong circle or used to watch pornographic materials on cellphone,” she said.Ranjana said the accused is inconsistent in his statements.

PATNA: A team of Women’s police station arrested a 12-year-old boy from village Alipur Bihta under Salimpur police station area in Patna on Friday night who had allegedly raped a 5-year-old girl near the slums at road number 31 in Gardanibagh locality The incident had come to light on July 8 after which an FIR was lodged with the Women’s police station on July 10. It was due to delay in lodging FIR and giving wrong information to seniors that Women's police station SHO Bibha Kumari was suspended by DIG (central range) Rajesh Kumar soon after the FIR was lodged.Newly appointed SHO Ravi Ranjana said that after investigations made till now, it surfaced that the incident actually took place on July 1 when the minor had gone near a government hand-pump near the slums located beside railway tracks at road number 31.“The accused, hardly 12-year-old, had forcibly taken the victim to a secluded place in the area covered by bushes where he had raped her,” SHO Ranjana said.She said that the matter remained under blanket as accused’s family were paying money for the treatment and medicines for the victim after the incident.“Even the victim’s family chose to keep the matter away from police due to social stigma,” she said.“It was after they stopped paying money and the child was not receiving proper medical attention, the victim’s family approached police,” she said.She said that the accused’s father died almost four years back and his mother collects honey from different area. The SHO said the accused was continually changing his location until he was caught from his maternal uncle’s house in Salimpur. “The minor girl’s parents are daily wagers,” Ranjana said.When asked, the SHO said that it was yet not clear that what instigated the boy to commit such a heinous crime.“Only after further investigation, it would surface that if he was in wrong circle or used to watch pornographic materials on cellphone,” she said.Ranjana said the accused is inconsistent in his statements. “He has confessed his crime but said that he doesn’t know how things happened. Several things including his mental condition needs to me medically examined to ensure if inconsistency in statement was due to his situation or he was misleading police,” SHO Ranjana said.

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