Man rapes minor girl in Nagpur slum, held.
A 12-year-old girl was allegedly blindfolded and raped by her 55-year-old neighbour in Kalamna space in Maharashtra, police mentioned on Sunday.
Angry residents thrashed the accused following the incident and handed him over to the police on Saturday afternoon, an official mentioned.
As per the FIR, the accused Dolchand Chavan, a resident of the Kalmna slum, lured the girl and her good friend to his home underneath the pretext of enjoying a blindfold recreation with them, the official mentioned.
He allegedly blindfolded each the women and raped the 12-year-old, the official mentioned quoting the FIR.
As the girl cried for assist, neighbours rushed to the spot and thrashed Chavan.
The accused and the mother and father of the sufferer work as labourers.
A case of rape has been registered underneath varied sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
