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7-year-old Kurukshetra girl raped by father's friend in Haridwar

KURUKSHETRA: A 7-year-old girl from Kurukshetra was raped by her father’s friend in Haridwar while they were traveling for kanwar yatra between July 28 to 30, said the police.


As per the information, the girl was sexually assaulted behind a shop near a community kitchen under limits of Bhagwanpur police station in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, which is nearly 106 kilometer from Kurukshetra.



The matter came to light when the girl narrated her ordeal to her grandmother after returning home from kanwar yatra. Later, a complaint was lodged at Thanesar city police station.

On Tuesday, on the complaint of the girl’s grandmother, the Kurukshetra police registered a zero First Information Report (FIR) against the 50-year-old accused who is a resident of Kurukshetra under Section 6 (punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and 376-AB (punishment for rape on woman under twelve years of age of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) at Thanesar City police station.

The Kurukshetra superintendent of police (SP) Astha Modi said we have registered a case of 7-year-old girl’s sexual assault on the complaint of her grandmother and as per our preliminary investigation, the incident has occurred in the limits of Bhagwanpur police station of Haridwar district.

The grandmother stated to the police, “On Sunday evening, my 7-year-old granddaughter had left for Haridwar kanwar journey with her father and his friend on a motorcycle. She told me that she was sexually assaulted by his father’s friend behind a shop near a community kitchen while on their journey.”

"The case has been transferred to Bhagwanpur police station of Haridwar district. We have conducted the medical examination of the girl from a board of doctors and they have confirmed that the girl has been sexually assaulted. Our police worked in coordination with the police of neighbouring states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. As per our findings, the girl’s father is a drunkard and he is not giving trustworthy information. The efforts are being made to apprehend the accused as early as possible and he will be handed over to the Haridwar police which will be conducting further investigation into this case,” said the police.

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