Ludhiana: 9th grade boy caught for raping five-year-old cousin

A Grade 9 student has been nabbed for allegedly sexually abusing his 5-year-old cousin at their home. After the minor girl fell unconscious and relieved herself in her clothes, the teenager fled after handing her over to her maternal grandmother. She then informed the police.

Jamalpur police registered an FIR against the 15-year-old boy and arrested him. The boy had lost his mother and was living with his father in his maternal grandmother’s house.

The FIR was lodged following a complaint from the teenager’s maternal grandmother. The woman said that her two daughters, along with their husbands and children, moved into the house with her due to her old age.

The woman said that on Saturday her grandson took his five-year-old cousin to the first floor of the house on the pretext of playing. After some time, the boy came downstairs and fled after handing the girl over to her. The girl was unconscious, the complainant said, adding that the girl narrated the incident to her after she gained consciousness.

Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Surjit Singh, who is probing the case, said that according to the medical examination, the boy raped the girl. She lost consciousness due to trauma.

A case under Sections 376 AB (rape of a woman below 12 years of age) and 377 (sodomy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POSCO) has been registered.