NEW DELHI, Sep. 25, 2022 (TBINN)
A 12-year-old boy was allegedly assaulted and sodomized by three of his minor friends, including his cousin, in North-East Delhi`s Seelampur Area, an official informedtoday.
Official also revealed that two of the three accused juveniles have been apprehended and one among them was even produced before Juvenile Justice Board. Official further said, the incident took place on September 18, 2022 but they received the information on September 22, 2022 from L.N.J.P. Hospital that a boy aged around 10 years has been admitted on account of physical assault that happened three days ago.
Immediately, a police-team reached the hospital and met the parents of child, but they refused to give any statement till September 24, 2022 though the Investigating Officer kept in contact with them, Deputy Commissioner of Police, North-East District, Sanjay Kumar Sain said.
On September 24, 2022 a counsellor from Sakhi was arranged by the police and counselling of the mother of the injured child was done. On extensive counselling, mother of the child disclosed that on September 18, 2022 her son was physically assaulted and sodomized by his three friends, D.C.P. said.
Thereafter, police registered an F.I.R. under section 377 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code read with Section 6 of the P.O.C.S.O. Act and began probing the incident. During investigation, it emerged that the victim and the accused boys were neighbours and friends and they are of the same age group that is of 10 to12 years.
The complainant has submitted that their child was gang-raped on September 18, 2022 by three persons who even inserted a rod in his private parts. Pertinently, the victim child is still under medical observation.
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