Autorickshaw driver booked under POCSO, Atrocities Act for sexual assault on minor girl in Kalaburagi
An autorickshaw driver has been charged under the POCSO and SC/ST Acts for the alleged abduction and sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl in Kalaburagi. The suspect remains at large, and police have launched a search operation.
Why it matters
This case highlights the critical issue of violence against minors and the application of specific protective legislation in India.
An autorickshaw driver has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act following the alleged abduction and sexual assault of a 16-year-old minor girl in Chincholi taluk of Kalaburagi district.
According to the police, the survivor used to travel for daily wage work along with other labourers in an autorickshaw of the accused, identified as Fayaz, 33, a resident of Magdampur village in Chincholi taluk. The two had become acquainted during commutes.
In her formal complaint, the survivor’s mother stated that on August 5, the accused telephoned the girl, asking her to meet him near the village gate, from where he drove her to Zaheerabad in Telangana in his autorickshaw.
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