HYDERABAD: A 17-year-old boy was arrested on Thursday for allegedly raping a girl (17) in Himayatsagar on Wednesday. The juvenile was picked from Gulbarga where he had fled to after the alleged rape.
According Rajendranagar police, the two had been neighbours, but the boy’s family was forced out of the colony after the girl’s parents came to know that he was misbehaving with their daughter.
Despite leaving the area, the boy continued to follow the girl, cops said. On Wednesday, the boy allegedly threatened the girl to accompany him to a religious place and later sexually abused her in the bushes in Himayatsagar, cops said. He warned her not to disclose the incident to anyone and left the spot. The girl, however, on reaching home told her family that she was sexually abused.
Based on the complaint given by her parents, a case was registered and the boy was nabbed in Gulbarga. The boy was booked on the charge of rape, kidnap and violation of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The girl, who is in class 10th, was sent for medical examination.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
