80-year-old shopkeeper arrested for sexually abusing a minor girl – ThePrint – PTIFeed

Sitapur (UP), Sept 4 (PTI) – A 70-year-old shopkeeper was arrested here on Wednesday after an alleged video surfaced online showing him sexually abusing a minor girl, police said.

The incident is said to have occurred when the Dalit girl visited the accused's shop in a village in Sitapur district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.

Also, SP Sitapur Prakash Kumar said that a case has been registered against Anwar under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the Prevention of Atrocities against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Act and relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). PTI COR CDN CDN SKY SKY

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