Minor molested; Police arrest duo

Women’s Day was celebrated with pomp and spectacle with the media going gaga over the progress of women in India! However, Home Times, in its editorial, had condemned the hypocrisy of Women’s Day and mentioned how women in India are still a commodity and sexually exploited. Incidentally, just a day after Women’s Day, a minor girl in Bhandup was sexually assaulted by her 2 friends after forcibly making her consume liquor!!

According to the police, the accused invited the minor girl, (17), to Vasant Garden in Mulund and molested the girl along with his friend. The police have arrested the two youths. Briefing the media, Bhandup police said, “The victim and the boys were friends. Hence, when the boys called her to meet them at Vasant Garden, she reached the spot, trusting the boys. The two youths took the girl to a deserted place at Shivaji Nagar Pipeline area in Thane. There they forced her to consume liquor. Taking advantage of her intoxication, the two molested the girl.” The police added, “Later, the duo brought the girl back to Vasant Garden and once again tried to molest her, but this time the girl protested. Hence, the duo escaped fearing trouble.”

The girl was so brutally assaulted that she was found in an unconscious condition in Vasant Garden by some local residents. They immediately alerted the police about the crime. The police reached the spot and admitted the victim at a civil hospital. On regaining consciousness, the girl narrated her ordeal to the police.

The police have arrested the accused based on the victim’s statement and have charged them with molestation under the relevant IPC sections as also under the POCSO Act, 2012.

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