Two Minor Girls Raped in Patna & Gopalganj

 Two Minor Girls Raped in Patna & Gopalganj

     

      Patna: Two minor girls were raped in two separate incidents in Patna and Gopalganj districts respectively. 

The first incident took place under the Airport police station area in Patna around 8pm on Tuesday. The accused was arrested within few hours of the incident.

    The Gopalganj incident took place on March 28 evening but was reported to police on Tuesday evening. The accused, who is also the victim’s grandfather in relation, was arrested on Wednesday morning. Parents of both the victims, aged 7 and 8 years, are daily wagers.

   Patna Women’s police station SHO (incharge) Anchala Kumari said on Wednesday that the victim was playing colours along with several others near her residence when she was taken away to a secluded lane by a neighbour. “The accused, identified as Dharmendra Kumar, is 20 years’ old. He is uneducated and unemployed. He had inserted his fingers in the victim’s private parts,” she said.

     The SHO said the girl started crying and drew the attention of another elderly girl near the spot. “On seeing her, Dharmendra threatened the girl and fled from the spot,” she said. The minor went home and narrated the incident to her mother. “The family approached police around 8pm and the accused was arrested from his residence,” she said.

    The SHO said the victim’s mother has lodged an FIR in this connection.

  In the second incident, Gopalganj Women’s police station SHO Afshan Perween said the eight-year-old girl’s medical examination was done and her statement was recorded before a judicial magistrate on Tuesday night.

     “The accused, Diwakar Tiwari, 50, is the victim’s neighbour under Kuchaikot police station area. The accused is also the victim’s grandfather in distant relation,” she said.

     Perween said the incident was of March 28 evening when the accused called the girl, who was playing in front of her residence. “Diwakar took her to a distant place where he inserted fingers in her private parts,” she said, adding that the victim’s father approached the Women’s police station on Tuesday evening.

    “He didn’t cite any specific reason for delay in approaching the police. However, police came to know that efforts were made to resolve the issue at village level, but things didn’t materialise,” she said.

   Perween said police would soon file chargesheet against the accused.

    (The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault).

(Source: Times of India)