PUNE: The owner of a grocery store was arrested on Thursday for allegedly flashing two minor girls, who used to make purchases from his shop.
The girls’ mother filed an FIR with the Kondhwa police on Thursday. The complainant told the police that the grocer had been harassing the girls for the past four months. “Whenever the girls went to the shop to buy groceries, the suspect would flash them. He used to watch porn clips in front of them” an officer said.
The complainant also stated the suspect used to touch the girls improperly. “The girls suffered the harassment for four months. When they told their mother about it, she immediately filed an FIR,” he said.
The man has been arrested under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
