PUNE: The Lonavla rural police arrested a 43-year-old police headquarters constable on Wednesday. pune rural police Accused of sexually assaulting a local five-year-old girl.
The incident took place at the foothills of Visapur Fort in Mawar taluka, where the policeman was deployed to celebrate Christmas.
Lonavala Rural Police Inspector Kishore Dhumal told TOI: “Preliminary investigation revealed that the officer was under the influence of alcohol when the incident took place.” Dhumal said: “We have The officer’s blood is being sent for medical examination and the test report is awaited.”
The police officer’s name is Sachin Saste, who is from Hadapsar and is currently attached to the Pune Rural Police Headquarters in Pashan. Wednesday falls on the Christmas holidays and Visapur Fort is expected to receive a large number of visitors. “Sast was deployed on the bastion to add additional bandwidth,” Dumar said.
Dhumal said the girl’s family lived near the foothills of Visapur Fort. Sastre arrived there Wednesday afternoon. He took a kebab from the restaurant and had lunch there. “After paying the bill, he noticed the girl playing near the restaurant. He took the girl to the back of the restaurant and attempted to sexually assault her. When the girl resisted, Sastre promised to give her a piece of cake if she revealed anything to her parents chocolate.
He mentioned that the girl reported the incident to her mother in tears. The girl’s parents and grandmother immediately informed the police. “We immediately arrived at the scene and detained the suspect. Sastre was drunk at the time,” Dumar said.
Dumar said that Sast was arrested under Articles 4, 6 (Punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault), 8, and 10 (Punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault). serious sexual assault) Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Sections 64, 65 (Rape), 74 (Assault or criminal violence against a woman with intent to offend her modesty) and relevant sections to prevent atrocities Law.
