VIJAYAWADA: A five-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by her father under Nunna police station limits in the city. The incident happened around two-and-a-half months ago but came to light on Wednesday after the girl’s mother lodged a complaint with the police.
According to assistant commissioner of Disha police V V Naidu, the accused is an outsourced employee at a prominent architecture college in Vijayawada. Cops said the accused sexually assaulted his daughter. The girl’s mother found out about the incident recently after she noticed her daughter was uncomfortable around her father and behaving strangely towards him.
Upon probing the issue, the girl described what her father had done. Police said the accused and the girl’s mother had married around seven years ago. The girl’s mother lodged a complaint with Nunna police despite her in-laws and husband attempting to hush up the matter.
Cops said the accused has been booked and arrested under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 at Nunna police station while Disha police are investigating the case. The accused has been remanded in 14 days of judicial custody by a POCSO court in Vijayawada.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
