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A youth was arrested for allegedly molesting a three-year-old girl when the minor reached his house for coaching classes in Madhya Pradesh's capital Bhopal, a police official said on Thursday.
The incident occurred under the jurisdiction of Bagsewaniya police station in the district on Tuesday evening, October 15. The accused's mother runs a coaching class in the same locality where the minor lives and she used to go to coaching everyday. When the teacher went out for a while, her son allegedly molested the minor, stated the FIR. The case was registered against the accused on Wednesday following the counselling of the minor with Child Welfare Committee (CWC) and medical examination. Bagsewaniya police station in charge Amit Soni told ANI, "A woman along with her minor daughter reached police station on Wednesday to lodge a complaint against the son of the minor's tuition teacher in connection with molestation. Minor was unable to explain about incident properly and in discussion with the woman, we came to a conclusion that medical examination and counselling of the minor with the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) should be done." The police station in-charge further said that on the basis of counselling and medical examination, a case was registered against the accused under section and launched a search to nab the accused. "Based on the statement of the minor before CWC and her medical examination, a case was registered against the accused under section 74 of Bharatiya Nyay Sahita (BNS) and relevant sections of POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences) act and began the search for the accused," Soni said. Later on Thursday, the police arrested the accused and further investigation into the matter is underway, he added. (ANI)
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