Hyderabad, August 03: A seven-year-old girl, who ventured out of the house to purchase a packet of gutka for her mother, was raped by an auto driver at Bhojagutta yesterday night.
According to police, the girl, a class II student is a resident of Bhojagutta slum under Asif Nagar police station limits. The girl’s mother, B Latha, sent her to a nearby store to purchase a sachet of gutka yesterday night around 9 p.m. “While the girl was returning with the gutka packets, an auto driver forcibly took her away to a nearby bushy area and sexually assaulted her,” Asif Nagar police subinspector Rama Swamy said.
The accused, 23yearold Nagesh, is a distant relative of the girl and resides in a hut next to the girl’s family. “Nagesh took the girl to a vacant area in between the two huts and raped her,” the SI said. Latha filed a complaint with the Asif Nagar police late in the night. Police reportedly took Nagesh into custody and are investigating.
–Agencies