Bareilly: A seven-year-old girl was raped allegedly by a 28-year-old man, a farmer, in Hafizganj area of Bareilly district on Monday morning. He has been arrested.

This is the second case of a sexual crime against a minor in Bareilly district since the lockdown was enforced. Earlier, an eight-year-old girl was killed after a failed rape attempt in Fatehganj West area on March 29.

According to the survivor's mother, the girl had gone to deliver food to her father and uncle who were harvesting wheat, when a local farmer, Jhabbu Das, 28, allegedly accosted her, pressed her mouth and dragged her into a sugarcane field, where he raped her.

After the assault, girl returned home and narrated her ordeal to her mother. Her mother immediately called police and an FIR was registered at Hafizganj police station.

The accused, who fled after the assault, was found hiding in a sugarcane field outside the village. He was arrested

Mahendra Singh Yadav, SHO,

told TOI, “We immediately registered an FIR under IPC section 376 (rape) and provisions of POCSO Act against Das."

The accused is unmarried and he will be sent to jail on Tuesday, SHO Yadav said .

The girl's statement was recorded in the presence of a woman constable after she was provided medical treatment at a community health centre, the SHO added.

"We have also recorded the statements of a few locals and found that the girl was not known to the accused," Yadav added.



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