Hyderabad: Meerpet man gets five years in sexual assault case of eight-year-old

A local court sentenced Govind Omprakash Sukla to five years’ rigorous imprisonment and a Rs 10,000 fine for sexually assaulting an eight-year-old girl in 2019. The court also awarded Rs 1 lakh as compensation to the victim.

Hyderabad: A local court sentenced a man to five years rigourous imprisonment in the sexual assault case of an eight-year-old girl child reported at Meerpet in 2019. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him.

The convict Govind Omprakash Sukla alias Govind (45), who runs a stationary shop, confined the girl in his shop when she came to buy stationary material. He further made sexual advances and sexually assaulted her.

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Based on the complaint from the girl’s father, the Meerpet police booked a case and arrested Govind.

The court also awarded a victim compensation of Rs 1 lakh.