Kashipur: Eight-year-old girl allegedly raped on the pretext of buying her firecrackers, police register POCSO case and arrest the accused, a young man from the neighbourhood

An eight-year-old girl has allegedly been raped in the ITI kotwali area of Kashipur. According to Amar Ujala, the girl's father alleged in his complaint to police that at about 6:15 pm on Tuesday (November 10) a young man living in the colony lured the girl away on the pretext of buying her firecrackers, took her into the bushes and raped her. The girl somehow reached home and told her family, who took her to ITI kotwali, where police got her medical examination done. CO Prashant Kumar said a case has been registered against the accused under the POCSO Act and he has been arrested; the investigation has been handed to SI Meenakshi Manral. Dainik Bhaskar has also reported the arrest of the accused neighbour. There is anger in the area over the incident.