A nine-year-old was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 55-year-old man in Guntur district, results triggering outrage with locals vandalising his house and women’s outfits staging protests today.
The incident happened last night at Dachepalli village, police said. The man, the girl’s neighbour, committed the crime after luring her to his house by promising her chocolates, they said.
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Police said special teams have been formed to trace the accused Subbaiah who is absconding.
Andhra Pradesh: Locals staged protest over alleged rape of a nine-year-old girl by a 60-year-old man in Guntur. Police says, ‘we received a complaint yesterday, injuries were found on the victim’s body, culprit is absconding, we are trying to find him.’ pic.twitter.com/khV66fEO98
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The girl has been hospitalised and her condition is in satisfaction, district collector Kona Sasidhar told reporters after give her a visit her at the hospital and consoling her family. DGP M Malakondaiah said as many as 15 police teams were searching for the accused, a rickshaw puller.
YSR Congress president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy and Jana Sena president Pawan Kalyan condemned the incident. Kalyan expressed anguished over the incident.
“…To create a fear among people from committing such crimes, we should have a system wherein the guilty are punished publicly. I wish that to happen…” he tweeted.
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