65-year-old held for attempting to rape eight-year-old girl

  • | Thursday | 28th March, 2019

RANCHI: A 65-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for attempting to rape an eight-year-old girl under Kanke police station area. The survivor later narrated the incident to her mother, prompting the latter to file a police complaint.“The accused attempted to rape the girl but could not succeed,” Rural SP Ashutosh Shekhar said. He assaulted the girl when she visited him. The arrestee, Bhuneshwar Ram, is a retired employee of Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences.Police said the accused persuaded the girl, who lived in his neighbourhood, to come to his house on Tuesday evening. Police have registered a case under Section 8 of POCSO Act.

RANCHI: A 65-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for attempting to rape an eight-year-old girl under Kanke police station area. The arrestee, Bhuneshwar Ram, is a retired employee of Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry and Allied Sciences.Police said the accused persuaded the girl, who lived in his neighbourhood, to come to his house on Tuesday evening. He assaulted the girl when she visited him. The survivor later narrated the incident to her mother, prompting the latter to file a police complaint.“The accused attempted to rape the girl but could not succeed,” Rural SP Ashutosh Shekhar said. Police have registered a case under Section 8 of POCSO Act.

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