BHOPAL: A 3-year-old girl was allegedly sexually harassed by a 35-year-old man inside the park of a society in Piplani on Tuesday. The locals and family members spotted him and handed him over to Piplani police.
Aishbagh SHO Ajay Nayar said that the survivor’s father in his complaint alleged that on Tuesday afternoon when his daughter was playing inside the park of the society along with neighbouring kids, a 35-year-old man took the girl on his lap and sexually harassed her.
When the accused was harassing the survivor, her family members and locals spotted the incident and rescued the girl. With the help of locals, they took the accused to Piplani police station and handed him over to police. Acting on the complaint, a case on charges of sexual harassment under relevant sections of IPC and POCSO Act was registered against the accused and he was identified as Ravikant Mourya, a resident of Ayodhya Nagar. The accused works as a daily wager.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
