Guwahati:

A 15-year-old boy was detained for attempting to rape a three-year-old girl in Assam’s Karimganj district, police said. The locals caught the minor boy when he attempted to flee. 

On Sunday evening, the boy allegedly came to the victim’s house on the pretext of playing with her, the girl’s family have claimed in the police complaint. The girl’s mother had gone out for 15 minutes and when she returned, she allegedly saw the boy without clothes and trying to undress her daughter, the complaint states. 

When the minor boy saw the woman and tried to flee the scene, neighbours caught him and handed him over to the police. 

“Since the accused is a 15-year-old boy, it will be handled by the Juvenile Justice Board (JJB),” Karimganj Superintendent of Police (SP) Partha Pratim Das said. 

The minor boy has been booked under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

According to the police, the matter is being investigated and the victim has undergone mandatory medical examinations.

“She is too young to tell us about the crime, but we have recorded the statements of her family members,” Mr Das added

Bengaluru:

A special Bengaluru court Thursday ordered veteran BJP leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa along with other accused, to appear before it on July 15 in connection with the case of sexual harassment of a minor under the Pocso Act against him.

The Special Pocso First Fast Track Court ordered authorities to issue summons to Mr Yediyurappa and other accused, considering the charge sheet submitted by the CID in the Pocso case against Mr Yediyurappa.

The CID, which is probing the case against Mr Yediyurappa, had submitted a charge sheet against him in the special fast track court in Bengaluru on June 27.

As per the charge sheet, Mr Yediyurappa, in collusion with the other three accused, had been charged under the Pocso Act and IPC’s sections 354(A) (sexual harassment), 204 (destroying document or electronic record) and 214 (offering bribe to another person to make them conceal an offence).

The other accused face charges of colluding with Mr Yediyurappa to hush up the case under IPC’s sections 204 and 214.

The charge sheet mentions that the complainant had gone to meet Mr Yediyurappa at his residence on Feb 2 this year to seek his help regarding the sexual assault against her 17-year-old daughter.

Mr Yediyurappa, holding the wrist of the girl, took her into a room in his residence, locked it, and sexually harassed her by putting his hand into her bra and pressing her chest, it said. However, it mentions that she resisted and came out of the room. Afterwards, the BJP leader had refused to help them.

When the victim uploaded the photo and video on a social media account, the accused had got them called to his residence through other accused persons and gave Rs 2 lakh cash to the complainant. The accused had also got the photos and video deleted from social media and from the iPhone gallery.

The victim’s mother had passed away on May 26 due to health complications in Bengaluru.

Meanwhile, Mr Yediyurappa had refuted the charges and said that he was ready to face any case. “A mother and daughter were found near my residence. We did not entertain them out of suspicion. But, once I saw them sitting near my house with tears in their eyes. I called them and asked why they were weeping. They claimed that they were going through a big crisis. I called up Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayanand asked him to help them out. The woman and daughter started talking against me there itself and they were sent out.”

“Then the matter had taken a different turn. If we come forward to help, these are the consequences to be faced. I had even given them money after hearing their woes. I will face everything,” the former Chief Minister had said.

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In fresh trouble for former Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa, the state police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has filed a chargesheet naming him and three others in a case filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

The BJP leader is accused of touching a 17-year-old girl inappropriately when she and her mother went to meet him at his house earlier this year to seek his help in a case of an assault on her in 2015. The survivor’s mother had filed a case under POCSO in March. 

After the mother died of cancer in May, the brother of the survivor approached the Karnataka High Court and complained that there had been no progress in the investigation.

Mr Yediyurappa had also approached the high court, which allowed the CID to question him but granted him protection from arrest. 

The CID questioned the 81-year-old earlier this month and then filed the chargesheet in a Bengaluru court on Thursday. The three others named in the document have been accused of destroying evidence. They had allegedly tried to convince the mother and daughter to delete evidence. 

Rubbishing the allegations against him, Mr Yediyurappa had said, “I am not complaining to anyone. Time will decide everything. People know what the truth is. Those who are engaging in trickery, the people will teach them a lesson.” 

Bengaluru:

Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Monday appeared before the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for an inquiry in connection with a POCSO case registered against him.

The Karnataka High Court on Friday restrained the CID from arresting the veteran BJP leader in connection with the March 14 case.

According to police, Mr Yediyurappa has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, and Section 354 A (Sexual harassment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) based on a complaint by the mother of a 17-year-old girl who alleged that he molested her daughter during a meeting on February two this year, at his residence in Dollars Colony here.

Mr Yediyurappa has denied the charge, and said “people would teach a lesson to those indulging in conspiracies against him.” 

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