College student arrested for trying to rape 7-year-old girl
   Date :08-Apr-2019

 
 
 
Staff Reporter:
 
 
KATARA Hills police arrested a 22-year-old college student who abducted a 7-year-old girl by luring her of money and chocolate and then tried to rape her on Friday. However when the victim started crying the accused fled from the spot. According to SHO Sangeeta Solanki, the minor girl lives with her parents in Shahpura area of Katara Hills and is a student of KG-1. The incident took place on Friday afternoon when she was going to her aunt’s home nearby. Finding her alone, accused Awadhesh Kumar Sanket (22) a student in BHEL College stopped her and lured her by giving money and buying chocolates for her.
 
The accused then took the girl to her house in the same locality and when he was opening lock of door, the victim girl tried to run from there but accused chased her and got hold of the girl and took her inside his home where he tried to sexually abuse her. However, when the girl started crying in pain then the accused let her go after threatening her of dire consequences if she revealed the incident to anyone. The girl returned home crying and when her mother asked her reason, she narrated her ordeal to her mother after which she took her daughter to Katara Hills police station. On the basis of the complaint, the accused was booked on charges of abduction, attempt to rape and relevant sections of POCSO Act and was later arrested by police.
 
Meanwhile in another incident, a 28-year-old Panna-based woman filed a complaint of rape against a city-based man who was sexually exploiting her since past 3 years. Bagsewania police said, the victim presently lives in Arera Colony with her husband and in 2015 while she was doing a job and was living in Bagsewania when came in contact with accused Puneet Tiwari through her friend Parul. Later, they became friends and on March 10, 2015, when she was alone at home the accused raped her and since then luring her of marriage. The accused raped her several times but later ended relationship with her. However, when she got married the accused again started pressurising her of having physical relationship with him after which she filed a complaint against him.