Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir police said it has arrested an accused for ‘allegedly’ molesting a six-year-old girl in Srinagar after family and locals protested.
A minor girl was allegedly molested by a person in a Srinagar area on March 31 after which they approached the police, local News Agency KNO reported.
Today, locals, family staged a protest and demanded punishment for the accused after which he was arrested.
A top police official said that a case of alleged molestation has been registered on the complaint of the victim’s family, however, there were no reports of rape as per the initial probe by the police.
“We have arrested the accused and the FIR number 27/2022 under section 376 and POSCO Act has also been registered,” the official said.
(KNO)
