A 13-year-old school dropout was detained and sent to the children’s home in Dongri for allegedly sexually abusing a young boy at a public garden in Malad.
According to a report of a leading daily, both the boys didn’t know each other before. It was only when the survivor was returning home from his school, the accused approached him and started a conversation in a friendly manner. The accused called him to a garden in the neighbourhood, where he sexually abused the 12-year-old boy.
Three days later, when the 12-year-old told his parents about the incident, they approached the Kurar police. An FIR was lodged and the boy was taken for a medical examination.
Based on the description given by the boy and after scanning the CCTV footages, the accused was nabbed and was booked under the POCSO Act.
