Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
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Bengaluru, Jun 4: Hours after the brutal sexual assault of a five-year-old girl came to light on Saturday June 3, the police arrested a person in connection to the crime.
The arrested, Veeresha (24), a native of Chitradurga is a ragpicker.
The girl was found lying uncouncious with a head injury and a chopped finger. The doctors who examined her later confirmed that she was sexually assaulted.
A team led by DCP (east) Ajay Hilory arrested Veeresha who is a resident of Veerannanna Playa in KG Halli.
Police sources said that Veeresh has already confessed to the crime. The accused saw the girl step out of her tent some time after midnight to answer nature's call. He reportedly then lifted the girl, took her to the roadside and sexually assaulted her.
A case has been registered against Veeresha under POCSO Act.
Earlier Report: June 4
Bengaluru: Five-year-old girl sexually assaulted, found unconscious with head injury, chopped finger
Bengaluru, Jun 3 (Agencies): A five-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by an unidentified person here in the suburbs early on Saturday, police said.
The attack came when the girl went out of her shelter to attend nature's call in the city's eastern suburb.
"As her mother told us, the incident happened around 2 a.m., when the victim came out of the tent, where she stays with her," Bengaluru Commissioner of Police Praveen Sood told reporters here.
On a tip-off by a local that a girl was lying unconcious near his house, police officers on night beat rushed to the spot and got her admitted in the state-run Bowring Hospital in the city centre for treatment.
She was found with head injury and a chopped finger.
"The medical officer on duty, however, noticed bleeding from her private parts, too," said Sood.
The doctors examined the victim and found that she had grievous injuries to her genitals and confirmed to the police she was a victim of a brutal sexual assault.
On a complaint by her mother, police registered a case against an unknown accused in the local station under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Pocso Act).
Coincidentally, when the beat police went to the spot to search for the accused, they found the mother searching for the girl.
"We are waiting for the victim to recover from her head injury to record her statement and find out if there were more than one offender," added Sood.
"We have to speak to the victim to know what exactly happened with her," said Deputy Commissioner of Police Bengaluru (East) Ajay Hilori.
Meanwhile, the police launched a massive hunt for the accused.