16-year-old detained in Maharashtra's Beed for sexually abusing child

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A 16-year-old boy has been detained for allegedly sexually abusing a minor girl in Beed, a city in central Maharashtra, news agency PTI reported, quoting the police on Wednesday.

"The six-year-old girl was passing in front of the house of the accused when he lured her by offering fruit. The boy then took the girl on the first floor of his house and sexually abused her on Monday evening," an officer said.

After reaching home, the girl narrated the incident to her mother, who lodged a complaint with Pethbeed Police station on Tuesday, PTI reported.

The police further stated that the accused teenager has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act following the complaint and was later detained and sent to a remand home.

15-year-old Thane girl ‘sold' and sexually assaulted under guise of marriage

The Thane Police have arrested four individuals, including the 'husband' of a 15-year-old tribal girl, for abduction and sexual assault.

The minor, who was taken from the Bhiwandi area of Thane, was reportedly 'sold' to a man in Beed district, located in the Marathwada region, under the fraudulent pretext of a legal marriage, reported PTI.

"The victim was exploited due to her extreme poverty and the absence of her parents. She was allegedly abducted on February 26 by a broker and his associates, who promised her a better life through marriage, only to sell her to an older man in Patoda, Beed," a Thane Rural Police officer said.

According to the news agency, the minor was reportedly forced into an illegal marriage on February 27 after being threatened. Between February 27 and March 10, her "husband", Bhausaheb Tambe, allegedly kept her locked in a farm shed and raped her, stated the FIR.

Following a probe, the police apprehended Tambe and three others from Beed and Bhiwandi, Padgha Police Station Inspector Jitendra Thakur said.

The accused have been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, the Prevention of Child Marriage Act, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, a police spokesperson said.

(With inputs from PTI)