9-year-old girl raped by carpenter near Hyderabad

Four degree students rescued a nine-year-old girl who was sexually assaulted by a carpenter. Narasimha, Satyanarayana, Nikhil and Mujeeb who were on way to Shapur saw a parked bike and a school bag lying near it on the road, and found one S. Sharath Chary assaulting the girl. They caught and handed him over to the police, who arrested him.

Police said that on Tuesday the girl got down from her school van at Maqdoomnagar and was walking home, when Sharath saw her. He stopped his bike near her and offered to drop her home. “He diverted his bike towards Shapur, drove to an isolated spot and assaulted her,” SI K. Lingya



said.

Meanwhile, Narasimha, Satyanarayana, Nikhil and Mujeeb hailing from Lalsabguda village were going to Shapur. They saw the parked bike and a bag near it and smelled something fishy. “After searching the surroundings they found Sharath with the girl. Sharath said that she was his cousin, but on further questioning he fumbled,” Mr Lingya added.

They later brought Sharath and the girl to the police. Police found that Sharath took her to the isolated spot and had assaulted her sexually. A case under Section 376 and 511 of IPC and under the Pocso Act was registered and he was remanded to custody.