TMC delegation detained by Delhi Police
10 Trinamul Congress leaders were detained by Delhi Police while they were protesting outside the office of the Chief Election Commissioner this afternoon.
A four-year-old boy was booked by Delhi police for ‘raping’ his classmate in a private school in south-west Delhi. The incident reportedly occurred on 17 November.
The case has been lodged against the boy, who is likely to be the youngest accused under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Section 376 of Indian Penal Code.
According to media reports, the minor victim was allegedly sexually assaulted by the boy with sharpened pencils and his fingers. Later, the girl went home and narrated her ordeal to her mother, after she kept complaining of abdomen pain.
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According to media reports, the four-year-old girl said the boy from her class unbuttoned her pants and used his fingers to assault her in the classroom and washroom of the school.
She was taken to a hospital, where doctors confirmed sexual assault on her. A medical-legal was made first and later a police case was registered against the four-year-old boy at the Dwarka south police station.
Family allege negligence by school
The mother of the girl has also alleged inaction by school authorities, she had complained to a schoolteacher via a ‘text messages’ regarding the incident and the school reportedly did not assist the family.
The school authorities even refused to share any details of the four-year-old boy and his family
She was later told by the authorities to file a written complaint on Monday, according to media reports.
(With agency inputs)
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