6-year-old sexually assaulted inside public toilet in Valsad | Photo Credit: PTI

Valsad: A 6-year-old minor girl was allegedly sexually assaulted at a public toilet situated in Gujarat’s Valsad on Friday. The accused was identified as a man named Alok Mishra who reportedly followed the minor to a toilet situated in Mograwadi locality and sexually assaulted her after locking it from inside.

When passers-by heard the shouts of the child, they held the accused and handed him over to the police. A native of Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh, the accused worked at a tea stall in Valsad, as per a Valsad police station official.

He further told news reporting agency PTI that he was charged under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for aggravated penetrative assault on the minor.

In a similar incident, another minor, 10-year-old, was allegedly raped by a man known to her family in East Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar area on Friday night. The accused was a family friend and had taken her out for an outing at the time he forcibly sexually assaulted her. He worked as a labourer at a shop.

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The survivor narrated the ordeal to her family after returning home, following which her parents filed a police complaint, on the basis of which the accused was arrested. He reportedly often used to take the minor out with him for outings.

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