Thane man convicted of sex assault on 6-yr-old girl, gets 20 yrs in prison
Thane: A special court in Thane convicted a 48-year-old man of sexual assault of a six-year-old child, sentencing him to two decades of rigorous imprisonment. Special Pocso court judge DS Deshmukh ordered the convict, Anwar Babu Sheikh, to pay Rs 10,000 as penalty.
The accused, a neighbour, enticed the child into his residence where the assault took place. The case came to light when the child informed mother about the sexual assault.
In a similar fresh case of sexual assault on another child, a 35-year-old man has been arrested for sexually assaulting a six-year-old girl in Thane Thursday evening. The crime took place in an abandoned, dilapidated public toilet in the Kharton Road slum pocket, the police said.
The man approached the child who was playing outside her home around 5.30 pm. He allegedly lured the child with the promise of money, said the police. TNN
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