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Mangaluru: The Uppinangady police have taken a man into custody for sexually assaulting a minor girl, on the promise of teaching her beekeeping.
In a complaint, victim’s mother said that she along with her husband and minor daughter were residing in the Uppinangady police station limits itself.
The accused, identified as Abdul Gafur, reportedly told the complainant that he would teach her minor daughter beekeeping.
Trusting him, the parents left their daughter at the accused’s house for the past two months and went to their native place.
When she returned on December 19, the minor girl came to them in a distressed state and revealed that the accused had been sexually assaulting her since December 2.
Based on the complaint, the police have booked a case under sections 115(2),351(2),65(1) of BNS-2023 , sections 4, 6 of Pocso Act.