A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a panchayat head here under the guise of a tantric ritual. The accused, identified as Kishori Lal, lured the girl to his home on October 15 and 17 and sexually assaulted her
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In a horrific incident at Shimla, a 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a panchayat head here under the guise of a tantric ritual, police said on Monday.
As reported by news agency PTI, according to the complaint, the accused, identified as Kishori Lal, lured the girl to his home on October 15 and 17 and sexually assaulted her.
The accused, who is a very influential person in the locality, has been booked for rape under Section 65 of BNS and sections of the POCSO Act and arrested, police said.
The police officials, while addressing the incident, said that the victim was on her way to school on September 21 when Kishori Lal accosted her and asked about a 'rudraksha mala', a gift from a friend, she was wearing, as per PTI.
The complaint filed by the victim stated that the accused, Kishori Lal, touched the necklace, and the girl felt a "shock", the complainant read.
The accused claimed that he knew "tantra-mantra" and said the necklace must be consecrated with mantras, or her family members would die on October 15. With the ruse, he took the girl to his house and sexually assaulted her, the accused said while filing the complaint.
The police further stated that, “The accused took her to his house again on October 17 and repeated the act,” according to police.
Man arrested for raping minor Dalit girls in UP
In another heart-wrenching scenario in Uttar Pradesh’s Sant Kabir Nagar, a 32-year-old man accused of allegedly raping a minor Dalit girl was arrested.
As reported by news agency PTI, the Superintendent of Police (SP) Sandeep Kumar Meena said the accused, identified as Badre Alam, was arrested around 3 am from a village under Khalilabad police station limits on Sunday.
He said that when the police team was taking Alam towards Khalilabad Kotwali, he allegedly tried to flee on the pretext of attending nature's call. As stated by the police officials, the accused allegedly refused to stop despite police warnings, so the police opened fire, and he was injured in the right leg, as reported by news agency PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)
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