Neighbour held for raping 2-yr-old

CHANDIGARH: Police apprehended a 17-year-old boy on Monday for allegedly raping a two-year-old toddler when she was sitting inside a three-wheeler near her house in Sector 25.

Police said the accused is a neighbour of the victim. “The boy was caught red-handed by the child’s mother. She then called the police and filed a formal complaint,” police said.

A case has been registered under Section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act against the accused who has been sent to a juvenile home.

WOMAN’S RAPE: TEACHER’S BAIL PLEA JUNKED

The district court has dismissed the anticipatory bail application of a private school teacher who is an accused in a rape case.

The case dates back to March 2, 2020, when an FIR was registered against accused Anil Sharma of Khuda Ali Sher, Chandigarh. The complainant had told the police that in 2017, he used to send his children to learn skating from Sharma, and the two families became friends.

In December 2019, he came to know that his wife had undergone an abortion and was depressed, he said. The complainant said that his wife revealed that Sharma had “forcibly made physical relations with her and even started blackmailing and threatening her.”