Maharashtra: Teen held for sexually assaulting, murdering 8-year-old girl in Jalgaon

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A teenager accused of sexually assaulting and murdering an 8-year-old girl earlier this week in Jalgaon in Maharashtra was arrested on Friday, a police official told the PTI.

Irate people tried to attack the 19-year-old accused when he was brought to the site of crime, leading to injuries to three policemen and damage to a police vehicle, the official said, according to the PTI.

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The girl had gone missing on July 30 from her native Bondgaon village in Bhadgaon tehsil and her body was found on August 1 close to her home, with a police probe finding out she was sexually assaulted and then bludgeoned to death with a stone, he said.

"When he was brought to the village as part of the probe into the crime, irate people tried to attack him. They pelted stones on the police vehicle in which he was brought there and damaged it. Three police personnel suffered injuries," he said, as per the PTI.

"Angry residents were demanding that the accused be handed over to them. In order to control the situation, police resorted to a mild baton charge. The situation is under control in the village and a sizable number of police have been stationed there," he said, the news agency reported.

The man, who has been charged under section 302 of the Indian Penal Code for murder and sections 3,4,5,6,7,8 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act for penetrative sexual assault and other offences, was produced in court during the day.

Villagers also took out a silent march till the tehsildar's office seeking stringent action against the 19-year-old man.

Meanwhile, in an another incident, the police have registered a case against a 19-year-old man from Navi Mumbai for allegedly repeatedly raping a 17-year-old teenager and impregnating her.

The crime against the teenage girl took place between April and August this year, the police official informed.

"In her complaint, the girl alleged that the accused, a resident of Kamothe in Raigad district, took her to an isolated place on the Palm Beach Road in Nerul, where he first sexually assaulted her. After that, he kept repeating the offence against her between April and August this year," the official said.

"The victim is now two months pregnant," he added.

A case under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 376 (2) (n) (repeated rape), 506 (criminal intimidation) and also the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered against the accused.

(with PTI inputs)