Zero FIR against Kurukshetra boy for molesting minor from Panchkula

Tribune News Service

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 threatened to kill her family if she narrated the incident to anyone,” the FIR read.

The boy’s sister dialled 112 on August 8 and in response, the police took the girl to Udayan Care in Kurukshetra. On August 20, Udayan Care officials contacted the victim’s parents and handed over the girl to them. The victim then confided in her parents about the incident, following which they approached the police.