Saturday, July 30, 2011

Jul 30, 2011: Contractor arrested for raping minor girl

TNN | Jul 30, 2011, 07.25AM IST
PUNE: The Yerawada police on Thursday arrested acivil contractor for allegedly raping the 13-year-old daughter of a labourer who worked under him. The incident took place in Yerawada between June and July 26.

The police have identified the suspect as Jogindar Balesar Sharma (28) of Gokhalenagar. Sharma was produced before the court and remanded to police custody till August 2.

According to the Yerawada police, the victim's father worked as labourer for Sharma, a contractor supplying plaster of Paris in the city.

In June, Sharma had visited victim's house. He allegedly found her alone in the house and raped her. Later, he threatened to kill her and her parents if she disclosed the incident to anyone," sub-inspector D T Karche said, adding, "In June, Sharma had raped the victim twice."

The victim kept quiet about the incident as she was frightened. Taking advantage of the situation, Sharma again went to the victim's house on July 26 and raped her. "After the incident, the victim informed her mother about what had happened," Karche said.

The victim's mother lodged the complaint on Thursday. The victim is undergoing treatment in the Sassoon general hospital.

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