A 30-year-old gurdwara caretaker was arrested for molesting and assaulting a minor girl in Sangrur’s Lehal Khurd village, police said on Saturday.
According to police, the child was playing with the son of the accused when he lured her with sweets and sexually assaulted her. He then handed her ₹10 and sent her home. Upon reaching home, the child narrated the incident to her mother, who then approached the police.
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Acting on the mother’s complaint, police arrested the accused after booking him under Sections 74 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 75(1) (i) (sexual harassment),75(2) (serious forms of sexual harassment committed by a man) , 76 (assault or use of criminal force against a woman with the intent to disrobe) and 115 (2) (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, and Section 8 (sexual assault against a child) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.