16-year-old girl raped in UP‘s Saharanpur

The incident took place on Saturday but was reported to the police on Sunday.

Saharanpur: A 16-year-old girl in a village in UP‘s Saharanpur district was sexually assaulted by a 19-year-old when she went to the fields to collect grass.

The incident took place on Saturday but was reported to the police on Sunday.

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According to Superintendent of Police, Rural, Sagar Jain, the girl and a friend had gone to collect grass from a field when the youth, identified as Vishnu, allegedly sexually assaulted her.

The accused has been detained, and a case has been filed against him under the POCSO Act and the IPC.

Further investigation is ongoing, the SP stated, and the victim has been taken for a medical evaluation.