Mumbai grocery shop employee held for sexual assault of girl

An official on Friday said police have arrested a 39yearold Mumbai grocery shop employee for allegedly sexually assaulting an 8yearold girl reported news agency PTIThe man allegedly targeted the child when she went to the shop located in the Kalachowki area in central Mumbai to buy biscuits on Tuesday evening the official told PTIOn the pretext of giving biscuits the man called her inside and allegedly touched her inappropriatelyShe rescued herself when the accused who was alone in the store tried to remove the childs clothesThe girl was aware of good touch and bad touch due to which she realised the intention of the Mumbai grocery store employee and escaped from the shop and alerted her mother the official told PTIThe official told PTI when the girls mother went to the shop to confront the employee who was drunk at the time he started misbehaving with herThe mother then filed a police complaint against himThe Kalachowki police station registered a case against the man for sexual assault under the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children of Sexual Offences POCSO Act and arrested him the official addedIn another case the police on Friday said at least 14 police personnel were injured after a group of persons allegedly pelted them with stones demanding the custody of a man who was arrested for sexually assaulting and killing a sixyearold girl at Jamner in Maharashtras Jalgaon district reported PTIThe incident of stonepelting occurred around 930 pm on Thursday outside the Jamner police station they saidA sixyearold girl was allegedly abducted sexually assaulted and murdered at Chinchkheda Shivar village in Jamner on the night of June 11 The accused person had fled away from the spot taking advantage of darkness an official said reported PTIThe police had launched a search for the accused who was finally arrested on Thursday But after getting information about his arrest the deceased girls family members their relatives and local residents gathered outside the police station demanding that the accused be handed over to them so that they can punish him for the heinous crime he said reported PTIThe people started agitating outside the police station Some time later they learnt that the police shifted the accused person to a safer place This angered the crowd and some of them started hurling stones at the police station he addedA few members of the group even attacked the police and damaged the public property by indulging in arson the police official said reported PTIAt least 14 police personnel including an inspector were injured in the incident he said reported PTIThe police used force to disperse the crowd he said adding that police personnel were deployed in large numbers after the incidentWith inputs from PTI