Four-year-old girl raped in Jaipur
A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by one of the helpers working at her father’s business late on Saturday night.
The police said the incident happened when the victim and her mother were in the house.
“We received information that an injured girl, who was subjected to sexual violence, was taken to a hospital on Saturday night. We took the statements of her parents and registered a case before a search was initiated for the accused,” said Chenaram Bera, station house officer of Manak Chowk police station.
The accused was arrested on Sunday morning. “After searching for him for several hours, we located him near Chaura Rasta and arrested him. A case has been registered under section 376 (rape) of IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,” said Bera.
The police didn’t reveal the name of the accused to protect the identity of the victim.
The incident, police said, took place when the father of the girl had sent the accused to his house for an errand.
“The father of the victim is engaged in a business of cutting gemstones and the 19-year-old accused works at the facility. On Saturday night, he was sent to the victim’s house by her father on an errand when he allegedly raped her,” said Bera.
“Late in the night, the parents of the girl noticed her bleeding and she was taken to a hospital. Based on the statements of her family, we registered a case and started investigation,” Bera said, adding that the condition of the victim was stable.
According to the home department data, 5,995 cases of sexual violence against young girls have been registered in Rajasthan in the last three years. Charge sheets have been filed in 4,946 cases. The government has taken no action against the investigating officers who failed to file charge sheets.
Mev, the main accused in the abduction of a Chennai-based scrap trader, was wanted the Mumbai police, investigators in Bharatpur said.
During interrogation, police found that Shakir Mev carried a reward of ₹25,000 on his head.
The Bharatpur police have also recovered a black SUV from Punhana in Haryana and arrested two more accused, indentified as Salimuddin Mev and Sabir Mev on Saturday evening from Ravalka village in Pahadi.
The main accused, including Shaikr Mev, his wife, Ashi and an associate, Sarju Devi Saini, were arrested on May 5 from Ajmer.
Kaman deputy superintendent of police Ray Singh Beniwal said the Mumbai police have been searching Shakir Mev in connection with an abduction and ransom case.
His brother, Sakib Mev is lodged in the Arthur road jail in Mumbai.
A local court sent the two women accused to jail on Saturday and Shakir Mev was sent to police custody until May 10, while Salimuddin Mev and Sabir Mev will be produced in court on Sunday, police said.
On Friday, police also recovered the ₹ 9.60 lakh of the ransom money from the possession of the accused.