12-Year-Old Boy Allegedly Raped 5-Year-Old Girl In Jharkhand

Girl went to buy a cold drink from a nearby shop!

Khunti, Jharkhand: On Tuesday, Police said in a statement that, a 12-year-old boy allegedly raped a five-year-old girl in Jharkhand's Khunti district.

The girl went to buy cold drink from a shop near her house when the boy, who was alone there, allegedly raped her, they said.

The incident, which happened in Torpa police station area on Saturday, sent shockwaves across the district.

On Sunday, The boy was arrested on Sunday and during interrogation, he confessed to the crime, Superintendent of Police Aman Kumar said.

The boy was sent to a juvenile home in Ranchi on remand, he said.

According to the data, the cases of kidnapping and abduction, however, went down by over 19 per cent in 2020 as compared to 2019.

There were total of 84,805 lodged cases of kidnapping and abduction in 2020 as against 1, 05,036 in 2019.

Among states, the maximum of 12,913 kidnapping and abductions cases in 2020 were lodged in Uttar Pradesh followed by West Bengal (9,309), Maharashtra (8,103), Bihar (7,889) and Madhya Pradesh (7,320).

Delhi registered 4,062 kidnapping and abduction cases during 2020, it showed.

The NCRB stated that there were 88,590 total victims in 84,805 cases of kidnapping and abduction in the country last year. Of these, the majority 56,591 victims were children while the remaining were adults.

A total of 1, 28,531 cases of crime against children were registered during 2020, showing a decrease of 13.2 per cent over 2019 (1, 48,090 cases).

Major crime heads under 'crime against children' during 2020 were kidnapping and abduction (42.6 per cent) and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (38.8 per cent) including child rape.