The Times of India      30.12.2014

Pune Municipal Corporation employee booked for molesting 5-year-old

PUNE: A 48-year-old employee of the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has been booked for allegedly molesting a five-year-old girl at the PMC colony in the city on Sunday afternoon. The suspect, who fled the colony along with his wife, is yet to be traced, police said.

The suspect has been booked under section 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Indian Penal Code and the relevant section of the Protection of Children from the Sexual Offences Act. The girl's aunt has lodged the complaint.

Police said the girl had come to her aunt's place for Christmas vacations. "The incident took place on Sunday morning, when the girl was in the toilet. The suspect also went inside the toilet and molested her," said an officer from the Khadak police station. "When the suspect sensed that girl's aunt was coming, he ran away. Later, the girl narrated the entire incident to her aunt, following which she approached the police station," he said.

The Khadak police have launched a massive search to trace the suspect.