A 35-year-old watchman was arrested by the Andheri East police for allegedly raping, molesting, and stalking a 13-year-old girl on multiple occasions.
The watchman blackmailed the minor with her morphed images and later sexually assaulted her, a police officer was quoted as saying by the Indian Express. The accused was working as a watchman in her school who befriended the minor and obtained her mobile number, according to the report.
Police in its investigation found that the watchman used to talk with the girl over the phone and had also managed to get her pictures, which he later morphed to blackmail her.
According to the probe, the school guard also asked the minor to visit his home and allegedly threatened to defame her image by circulating those distorted photos, if she refused.
The 13-year-old girl along with her parents approached the police station and filed a complaint against the school security guard.
Deputy commissioner of police (zone 10) Datta Nalawade was quoted by as saying by Indian Express that the Andheri police have acted swiftly and arrested the accused.
Investigating officer said that although the incident was reported on Friday, probe revealed that the accused sexually molested the minor multiple times on different occasions.
The Andheri East police have arrested the watchman under Sections 376 (punishment for rape), 376(2)(J), 354(A) , 354(D) (pertaining to assault or criminal force with intent to outrage modesty) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under other relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POSCO).
The Andheri police are also inspecting whether the watchman also targeted and assualted other girls in the school.
A similar incident happened in September, where a teenage boy was held for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old girl in Vakola in the western part of Mumbai, a police official said.
The incident took place when the girl was on her way to the toilet, the Vakola police station official said.
“The 18-year-old accused allegedly inserted his finger into her private parts. After she narrated her ordeal to her parents, a police case was filed for rape and other offences under the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act,” he said.
He was arrested and remanded in police custody for four days, the official added.
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