A 25-year-old man allegedly sexually assaulted a six-year-old girl and beat her with a four-foot iron rod in Ahmedabad city of India, The Times of India reported on Sunday.
The accused, Kaushal Chauhan, had inserted a Thermo Mechanically Treated (TMT) iron bar into her private parts.
The father of the minor, a labourer at a construction site, registered a complaint for his daughter’s sexual assault at the Sola police station, stating that she came home crying with her frock soiled.
Soon after the complaint, police arrested the accused from the spot and started their investigation.
Police investigators said that they are yet to ascertain the reason for the horrific act and have put the accused claim, that this was due to an old feud, under the scanner. The officials added that no penile penetration was alleged.
“The minor said that a security guard of the adjoining construction site had taken her to a basement at the site, molested her, beat her with a TMT iron bar and inserted it into her private parts. Rajput and other labourers rushed to the site and confronted the man, who fled,” a police official further said.
Police later found out the accused in the same area. He was identified as Chauhan, a native of Uttar Pradesh. Police also recovered the blood stained four-foot rod.
BV Gohil, inspector of Sola police station, said that they have applied sections for criminal hurt and rape against Chauhan.
“Chauhan maintains he had altercations with the family earlier and that they may have decided to get even. As the girl ventured into the site, he got hold of her. The girl’s family, however, doesn’t know about any such quarrel,” he said.
