BAREILLY: The father of a six-year-old girl was attacked with a knife after he opposed a man of his locality who was allegedly showing

to the girl on his mobile phone in Sikari Gate locality in

.

The accused, a

of the girl’s family, fled the scene after the incident, while the victim was shifted to a hospital.

Additional superintendent of police Alok Kumar Jaiswal said, “We have learnt that one Saleem, who is in his early 30s, was showing some obscene video to a girl on his mobile phone when she had gone outside home to play with friends. All of sudden, the girl’s father reached there and when he scolded Saleem for his act, the latter attacked him with a knife.”

Hearing victim’s screams, neighbours rushed to the spot, but the accused had escaped by then.

The ASP said an FIR was lodged under sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) and 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at Chaundausi police station.

The ASP added, “We have arrested the accused, who was sent to jail. The victim was discharged from the hospital after administering first aid.”