West Bengal. A shopkeeper was arrested for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in Birbhum district. Police has given this information. A senior official said that the incident took place on the outskirts of Suri district headquarters on Tuesday night, when the girl went to the shop to buy chocolates.
He said that the accused fled from the spot after being caught red-handed by the people around. He was arrested on Wednesday afternoon. According to the agency, locals claimed that the girl had gone to a grocery store near her house to buy chocolates on Tuesday evening, but the shopkeeper pulled her inside the shop and sexually assaulted her. The minor’s parents said that the neighbors somehow rescued the girl and sent her home. The shopkeeper fled from the spot soon after the incident. The alleged sexual assault sparked outrage among the residents on Wednesday and they blocked the road for an hour demanding the immediate arrest of the accused.
Let us tell you that this is not the first case of molestation and rape of innocent girls, rather such cases have been coming to light from every corner of the country. The accused are fearless. In September itself, a 13-year-old minor was molested during CT scan in Howrah, Bengal, while in Birbhum a patient misbehaved with a nurse. Apart from this, a woman living in the port area of Kolkata had alleged that on September 28, between 10 am and 10:30 am, an unknown rickshaw driver had touched her 10-year-old minor daughter inappropriately. This incident happened when the daughter was going to school by rickshaw from near Bandh Bartala to Nat Bihari Mor. On the complaint of the girl, the police started investigating the case.
