Police book minor under POCSO for allegedly assaulting 15-year-old girl in Bengaluru's ShankarpuramThe incident came to light recently after the girl delivered a baby boy at home.
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Bengaluru: The Shankarpuram police have registered a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act against a minor boy for allegedly luring a 15-year-old girl with chocolates and ice cream and sexually assaulting her.
A senior police officer said the boy, a PU student from Rajasthan, and the victim, from Nepal, were neighbours. He had befriended the girl.
Gave birth at home
The incident came to light recently after the girl delivered a baby boy at home. Her parents, unaware of her pregnancy, rushed her to a hospital after she gave birth.
Following a complaint, the Shankarpuram police registered a Pocso case, and the boy has been sent to a juvenile home.