In Short
- The incident occurred when Dalit girl visited shop in Sitapur
- Girl’s mother filed complaint, leading to accused’s arrest
- Accused identified as Mohammad Anwar, charged under POCSO Act
A 70-year-old shopkeeper was arrested in Sitapur on Wednesday after a purported video of him sexually assaulting a minor girl surfaced online, police said.
The incident is alleged to have occurred when the Dalit girl visited the shop of the accused on Tuesday in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district.
The girl’s mother filed a complaint with the police, leading to the arrest of the accused, Mohhamad Anwar.
Additional SP Sitapur Prakash Kumar said a case was registered against Anwar under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
In a similar incident that occurred in Chhattisgarh’s Sakti district, a woman living with a mental health condition was raped by three relatives, an official said on Wednesday.
The alleged crime was committed on Monday in a village under Dabhra police station limits and the accused were arrested on Tuesday morning when the matter was reported to police, the official said. The accused, who were drunk, took the woman in her early twenties, to a deserted house and raped her, the official said