Daijiworld Media Network – Puttur (MS)

Puttur, Mar 6: A youth, accused of forcefully taking a girl and sexually assaulting her, has been arrested. A case under POCSO is registered against him in the women's police station of the taluk. He has been produced before the magistrate, who has remanded him to 10 days of judicial custody.

Rakshit, a resident of Ivarnadu in Sullia taluk, is the accused who has been arrested.

Incident

Rakshit had one day called the victim girl on her hostel phone. When the warden of the hostel picked up the phone, the accused introduced himself as the elder brother of the victim. Rakshit spoke to the victim girl over the phone and compelled her to meet him outside the gate of the hostel and threatened to kill her if she did not oblige.

The girl who was scared by the threat allegedly met Rakshit at Beeramale Hills six days ago, where the accused is alleged to have sexually harassed her. In the complaint lodged by the parents of the girl, it is alleged that the girl escaped from the clutches of the accused.

Rakshit is reportedly in love with the victim girl. The parents of the victim had advised Rakshit against his intentions. A complaint was also registered in Sullia police station by the father of the victim girl. It is said that even after registering complaint, accused Rakshit used to call her repeatedly.