15-year-old tribal girl with learning disability sexually assaulted in Pune
The accused, who was booked on July 14, was allegedly beaten up by the girl's family members after the incident and has been hospitalised with fractures on his hands, the Pune Rural police said.
The incident took place in a village in Pune district on the evening of July 14.
Police said that the victim girl belongs to the Katkari community and she has a learning disability .
'The accused and the girl are from the same village. At the time of the incident, the victim was with another girl from her neighbourhood, standing near their houses. As the accused approached the two girls, the other girl escaped. The accused then sexually assaulted the 15-year-old girl. The accused also thrashed and threatened her,' said an officer from Pune Rural police.
'As the incident came to light, the family members and uncles of the victims beat up the accused. He has sustained fractures on both hands and is currently hospitalised. He will be placed under arrest after his discharge from the hospital,' the officer said.
The accused has been booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita section 74 (Assault or use of criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 115 (Voluntarily causing hurt), 351 (criminal intimidation) and 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace).
Police have also invoked provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offfences Act (POCSO), including sections 8 (Punishment for sexual assault), 10 (punishment for aggravated sexual assault) and 12 (punishment for sexual harassment) along with sectionsof Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
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