Balongi youth held for molesting 10-year-old

Mohali, September 20

The police today arrested a person for allegedly molesting a 10-year-old girl at his shop in Balongi village here.

The suspect has been identified as Sagar Gupta (20), a resident of Adarsh Colony in Balongi. Sagar was running a small stationery shop in the area.

In his complaint to the police, the victim’s father stated that his daughter went to Sagar’s shop for buying a notebook. The suspect took her to the basement of the shop on the pretext of giving her a notebook where he tried to sexually harass her. The victim managed to escape by running from there.

Later, she narrated the incident to his father following which he approached the police. A case has been registered against the suspect under Sections 354-D, 376 and 511 of the IPC and Section 8 of the POCSO Act at the Balongi police station.

“We arrested the suspect and produced him in a local court, which has sent him to two-day police remand. Further investigation in the case is on,” said ASI Dilbagh Singh, the investigating officer.