Hyderabad, May 1: A minor girl was allegedly raped by a cinema theatre worker here on Tuesday, police said.
The 13-year-old girl had gone to the theatre in Borabanda area under Sanatnagar police station limits to fetch water when the worker sexually assaulted her.
Police have arrested accused identified as Prasad, 25, who works as a sweeper at Vijetha theatre.
According to police, the victim, the daughter of a labourer, had gone to the theatre to fetch water as the slum adjacent to the theatre has no water supply.
The accused allegedly stuffed a cloth in the girl's mouth to prevent her from raising an alarm and violated her, a police officer said quoting the victim's father who lodged a complaint with police.
According to Sanathnagar police inspector E. Venkat Reddy, a case under various sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act and the Indian Penal Code was registered against the accused.
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Beed (PTI): A man entered an SSC exam centre in Ashti in Maharashtra's Beed district on Friday and assaulted a female student, triggering outrage among parents who sought an explanation from authorities over the security breach.
The incident happened at Doithan centre in Beedsangvi at 10:15am, just before the School Secondary Certificate exam was about to begin, an official said.
"He punched the girl and fled before those in the vicinity could overpower him. The parents of the girl, who were summoned to school, had a heated argument with authorities over the security breach. Others supported them," he said.
The girl, who was shaken from the incident, was allowed to answer the exam under supervision, the official added.
How did an outsider manage to come in without being checked and also flee after assaulting somebody, a group of parents asked.
An Ashti police station official said all efforts are underway to nab the accused.
