Daijiworld Media Network – Puttur (MS)
Puttur, Mar 13: Locals caught two men, who entered the house of a 13-year-old girl, in order to sexually harass her on Saturday March 11 night and handed them over to police. This incident took place at Kallapu of Karaya village under Beltangady taluk.
Hasainar (24) and Abbas (30), resident of Koila in Kadaba taluk, are the accused, who were caught by locals and handed over to the police.
Both accused were working in Karaya village for the past three days cutting trees. They used to go often to the house of the victim girl on the pretext of drinking water. Accused Hasainar went to the house of the victim on the evening of Friday and gave her a piece of paper and asked the victim girl to call him on the number and threatened her with life.
At around 8 pm on Saturday, accused Hasainar, arrived to the house of the victim girl, along with his accomplice Abbas and entered the house forcefully, took the girl to the room inside the house and tried to sexually assault her. Girl and her mother screamed and neighbours rushed to help and caught the culprits.
Police arrested the duo and slapped a case under POCSO and presented them to the court.