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Chhattisgarh Police Takes Teen In Custody After Rape Of 6-Year-Old Girl

A six-year-old girl in Chhattisgarh's Raipur was allegedly raped by a teenage boy, who is her neighbour, under Dharsinwa police station limits.

Days after the rape of a minor girl in Ujjaishocked the country, a similar case has come forth from the state of Chhattisgarh where a six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a teenage boy in Raipur. According to news agency ANI, the incident took place in a locality under Dharsinwa police station limits on September 28 afternoon. Additional Superintendent of Police (Raipur City) Lakhan Patle said that a 14-year-old boy raped the minor girl, adding that he is her neighbour.

"A 14-year-old boy raped a 6-year-old girl under the Dharsinva police station limits. The boy is her neighbour," he said, as quoted by ANI. Police detained the boy and produced him before the Juvenile Justice Board, as he is a minor too. Meanwhile, the girl fell ill after the incident and was taken to the nearby hospital.

Patle said that she was later shifted to Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial Hospital in Raipur and is undergoing treatment and is out of danger. He said that following a complaint received from the girl’s relatives, police have registered the case under relevant sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and an investigation is underway.

 

Ujjain Horror Shames Country, Accused's Father Seeks Capital Punishment

The incident comes amid an outcry over a girl who was raped and left bleeding in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh. The case came to light after a video of the girl in a semi-naked condition seeking door-to-door help appeared on social media. In the footage, a man could be seen asking the girl to go away as she continues to bleed. She later faints outside an ashram after which a priest there takes her to the hospital.

Police have arrested an auto-rickshaw driver, Bharat Soni, in connection with the case on Thursday. Soni's father has meanwhile sought capital punishment for his son and also refused to meet him. The local bar association has made an appeal to lawyers not to represent him in court. The incident has also ignited political controversy, with the opposition Congress party targeting the BJP government and questioning the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah.

His father, speaking to reporters in Ujjain, expressed his condemnation of the heinous act. "It is a shameful act. Neither have I gone to the hospital to meet him, nor will I go to the police station or courts. My son has committed a crime, therefore he should be hanged," he stated, as quoted by news agency PTI.

Meanwhile, Ashok Yadav, President of the Ujjain Bar Council, conveyed that the incident had severely tarnished the reputation of the temple city. He urged their members not to take up the case of the accused.

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