A 65-year-old Arabic teacher has been arrested on charges of raping an 8-year-old girl in Mumbai's Sewri area. A case has been registered under the POCSO Act and Sections 376, and 506 of IPC.
According to the information received by the police, the incident took place in Sewri's Ghasbandar slum. Momrej Sardar (65), a fishmonger, teaches Arabic to local children in his deformed home. The victim's girl was also going to learn Arabic with him. On Friday the girl went to him as usual to learn Arabic. Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one else in the house, Momrej sexually abused the girl. He also threatened to kill her if she told anyone about this act.
After this incident, the girl started suffering a lot. Then the girl's mother took her into confidence and after questioning, the girl told what Momrej had done. After that, the girl's mother reached the Sewri police station and filed a complaint against Momrej. The police immediately reached his house and handcuffed Momrej. A lot of anger is being expressed in the area after this incident.
A police officer said, “As soon as the mother of the victim girl informed the police that Momrej had done wrongful act with her child, we immediately took action and arrested him.”
Another POCSO case from Indore
In a similar incident, a 50-year-old man was arrested for allegedly abducting and attempting to rape an 8-year-old girl under Kanadiya police station limits in Indore, the police said.
The incident occurred on the evening of November 5. The police also recovered CCTV footage of the man, Shaharyar Mirza in which he was spotted taking the minor along with him.
Kanadia police station in charge Jagdish Prasad Jamre said the accused Mirza, a resident of Khajrana took the girl who was playing in the locality and reached at a deserted place. He removed the clothes of the victim and tried to violate her. In the meantime, a few locals saw the girl and rescued her.
As a result, the locals reached the police station and demanded action against him. The police registered a case under various sections, including abduction and POCSO act and arrested the accused.Further proceeding into the matter is underway.
(With inputs from ANI)
