Alert citizens foil manrsquos attempt to molest eightyearold girl

  • | Thursday | 17th January, 2019

Surat: An eight-year-old girl was rescued by alert citizens when a man attempted to molested her in an open ground in Puna area of the city on Wednesday. The accused allegedly made indecent gestures at the girl. The citizen nabbed the accused identified as Haribar Chauhan, and handed him over to the police. The girl shouted for help and alert citizens rushed to rescue her. Chauhan took the minor to an open ground opposite the garden and tried to remove her clothes.

Surat: An eight-year-old girl was rescued by alert citizens when a man attempted to molested her in an open ground in Puna area of the city on Wednesday. The citizen nabbed the accused identified as Haribar Chauhan, and handed him over to the police. Police said that Chauhan, a resident of Puna was booked for harassment , kidnapping and under various sections of Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.A native of Uttar Pradesh, Chauhan allegedly kidnapped the minor when she was playing near her house at around 8 pm on Tuesday. He told the girl that he was her uncle and promised to take her to the garden. Chauhan took the minor to an open ground opposite the garden and tried to remove her clothes. The girl shouted for help and alert citizens rushed to rescue her. The people who had gathered at the spot, nabbed Chauhan and handed him to police.In another incident, police booked two man from Jahangirpura on Tuesday for allegedly harassing a 13-year-old girl while flying kite on terrace a residential building. The accused allegedly made indecent gestures at the girl. When her family members objected to it, the accused — Kalpesh Patel and Preetam Patel — allegedly abused them.The accused were booked for harassment and also under Prevention of SC/ST Atrocities Act for abusing the complainant. Investigation into the case was transferred to assistant commissioner of police ST/SC Cell.

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