Zero FIR against Kurukshetra boy for molesting minor

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Updated At : 11:54 AM Aug 25, 2021 IST

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Panchkula, August 24

The police have filed a zero FIR against a Kurukshetra boy for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl from Panchkula. The case has been transferred to the Pehowa police station in Kurukshetra.

The suspect has been booked under sections of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

The two had become friends through video sharing platform TikTok.

According to the FIR, the victim left her house with Rs10,000 and jewellery on August 7 and went to the boy’s house at Harigarh Bhorakh village at Pehowa in Kurukshetra district. The girl stayed at the boy’s house from August 7 to August 9.

“On August 8, when the boy’s parents were away for work, he molested her and

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