60-year-old man arrested for sexually abusing 8-year-old girl in Bihar

JEHANABAD: A 60-year-old man was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing an eight-year-old girl in Jehanabad district of Bihar, police said on Sunday.

According to a complaint filed by the survivor's mother, the girl was playing outside her house in Supi in the Tehta police station area on Saturday when the accused lured her to a secluded place and sexually assaulted her.

He warned her not to tell anyone about the incident, a police statement said.

“When the victim returned home, she told her mother about the incident, whereupon her mother went to the police and filed a report,” it said.

Based on the complaint, an FIR was filed and the accused was arrested.

The police have taken the accused and the survivor to the district hospital for medical examination, it said. The case is currently being investigated.