A labourer has been arrested for allegedly raping a 7-year-old girl at a construction site in Maharashtra's Thane district. The incident occurred in the Naupada area of the city on Monday evening, April 6, and the 45-year-old accused was nabbed within hours of the crime.
He said that the child's parents and the accused were labourers at the construction site. According to the news agency PTI, the police said that the accused took the minor aside and allegedly sexually assaulted her.
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The victim informed her parents about the incident. Her parents rushed to the police and lodged a complaint after which case under several sections 64(1)(rape), 65(2) (raping a girl under 12 years of age) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita andthet Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered, the official said.