A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a teenager, who was her neighbour in Janaki Pada area here, police said today
Thane: A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a teenager, who was her neighbour in Janaki Pada area here, police said today.
The accused, Janardhan Bind (19) who works in a local company, lured the girl with chocolates and took her to his house yesterday when her parents were not around, API G B Mali of Waliv police station said.
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The incident came to light when the girl told her mother about the sexual abuse.
Bind has been arrested and booked under section 376 of the IPC and section 4 and 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual offences Act 2012.
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