Basti Jodhewal resident held for rape attempt on 5-yr-old girl

Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, July 2

A man has been arrested for his attempt to rape a five-year-old girl in Tibba here. The accused has been identified as Mohd Ajajul Ansari, a resident of Basti Jodhewal.

The victim’s mother has filed a complaint that her daughter left home yesterday afternoon saying that she was going to her aunt’s house in the same locality. “Later in the evening, when my daughter did not reach home, I went to my sister’s house and was told that she had already left,” she said.

The woman said she then approached the police to file a missing complaint and along with her husband, started searching for her daughter. Someone from the locality then informed them that they had seen Mohd Ajajul taking their daughter towards Tibba road on his motorcycle.

“Going towards Tibba road, we saw that some people had gathered near New Company Bagh and had cornered Ajajul after he was caught red handed while attempting to rape my daughter. He had taken the girl on the pretext of buying some eatables for her,” the complainant alleged. Investigation officer ASI Tarsem Singh of the Tibba police station said the accused had been booked under Section 376 of the IPC and under the POCSO Act.