MUMBAI: A six-year-old girl from Vasai was injured in the leg by two men who then abducted her and forced her to perform oral sex .

The incident occurred on July 27 around 11.30am. The two accused, who are in their late twenties, were known to the victim. They, like the victim, are residents of the Gavraipada locality . The duo saw the victim playing outside following which they allegedly hurled a stone at her which injured her in the leg. They then dragged her to a secluded corner in the same locality where they sexually abused her.

The victim started crying which led the accused to flee. The child went home and narrated the incident to her parents who then On probing she told her parents that two men had hurt her. It was only on Monday that the victims' parents registered a police complaint.

The police had detained one of the accused, Jeetendra Mahadik (26), who eventually confessed to the crime. The other person, said to be the main accused, is still on the run. Police said that the absconding man is the main accused as it was he who planned to sexually assault the child. The two have been charged under sections 377 (unnatural offences), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 34 (common intent) of the Indian Penal Code . They have also been booked under section 4 and 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act .

The victim has been taken for a medical examination.