Hyderabad: Another minor girl sexually assaulted, accused held

Hyderabad: A week after the horrific rape and murder of 6-year-old girl in Saidabad, another case of a minor girl being sexually assaulted was reported in city on Thursday morning.

This time a seven-year-old girl was allegedly lured by a local youth on the pretext of giving her Ganesh prasadam. The accused later took her to a secluded shutter in the area and sexually assaulted.

After the incident, there was a public outrage in the area as the culprit fled from the crime scene but later he was apprehended by the police in the langerhouz area and shifted to police station.

“We have registered a case under POCSO act and the victim girl has been shifted to koti hospital for medical examination,” said G.Ranaveer Reddy, Inspector Mangalhat police station.