Man held in Bihar for rape of 6-year-old girl
Surat: A police team sent to Bihar has arrested a 48-year-old man, Jaymangal Paswan, for the alleged rape of a six-year-old girl at Bhatlai village, in the jurisdiction of Ichhapore police, on May 26.
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After the alleged crime, Paswan went to Udhna railway station and fled to Bihar.
The victim lived with her parents and two siblings at a colony in Bhatlai village. On the morning of May 26, her father and mother went to their workplaces.
Paswan, who was staying in the same colony, found the victim alone near her home at about 1pm. He allegedly took her to his house, tied her hands, gagged her and raped her. He then threatened the girl with a knife and hit her with a steel rod.
He left the victim near her house and fled.
Ichhapore police booked Paswan for rape, abduction, criminal intimidation and other offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.
"We arrested him from near the Patna railway station, where he was hiding. We located him based on technical surveillance. Paswan is from Muzaffarpur district, where his wife, son and daughter live. He gone to Surat just three days before the crime and was working for a company in Hazira."
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