<p style=”text-align: justify; “>An incident is reported from Dhakoli, near Zirakpur town, where an seven-year-old girl was raped by a 13-year-old boy. The accused’s family hail from Uttar Pradesh and his father is a migrant labourer. The victim’s family hail from Bihar and his father is working in a factory as labourer. They had been living in Dhakoli for many years. The two families were neighbours. </p><p style=”text-align: justify; “>“I had sent my daughter to a shop in the neighbourhood to buy milk around 8am. However, when she did not return for more than half-an-hour, we got worried and launched a search for her,” the victim’s father said. She was not traceable.</p><p style=”text-align: justify; “>Around 9am, the victim child came back to the house and started crying. When questioned, she alleged that a boy took her into the shrubs and ‘did something with her’.</p><p style=”text-align: justify; “>We failed to understand what was wrong, but as she kept crying, we took her to a hospital where doctors told her that she had been raped.</p><p style=”text-align: justify; “><a href=”https://goo.gl/xwaJ8E”>Read More | Maruti Swift and Renault Kwid engaged in a racing, hits Innova coming from other side.</a></p><p style=”text-align: justify;”>Jagjeet Singh, in charge of the Dhakoli police chowki, said boy confessed to the crime and a case had been registered against him on a complaint by the victim’s family. He has been charged under the Indian Penal Code as well as the POCSO Act. Jagjeet Singh said the girl’s medical reports were awaited.</p><p style=”text-align: justify;”>Earlier, a minor girl, who was returning home after taking part in the Independence Day function at her school, was raped by somebody at a park in Sector 23, Chandigarh.</p><p style=”text-align: justify;”><span style=”font-weight: bold;”>Cops accused of shoddy behaviour</span></p><p style=”text-align: justify;”>The mother of the seven-year-old girl has slammed the police for their shoddy behaviour, alleging that they did not believe their story even when her daughter was bleeding at the police station. She alleged that the police kept them waiting and were hesitant to lodge an FIR against the boy. However, Jagjeet Singh, in charge of the Dhakoli police chowki, refuted the allegations. He said they needed to crosscheck whether the suspect was a juvenile, so a police team visited the boy’s house to confirm his age. A police woman was called from Ropar, so the girl’s medical examination could be conducted. He said a case had been registered under various sections of the IPC and the POCSO Act.</p>
