Class 1 girl raped in school hostel in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district | Raipur News

RAIPUR: An unidentified man allegedly raped a minor girl in the hostel of a residential school in Sukma district in Chhattisgarh on Saturday night, an official said on Tuesday.

The incident took place when the Class 1 student was in the hostel of a ‘porta cabin’ school within the limits of the Errabor police station area, said Sukma superintendent of police Kiran G Chavan, citing preliminary information.
A case was registered on Monday after a complaint was received in this regard, reported news agency PTI quoting Sukma SP.

Porta cabins are pre-fabricated structure residential schools set up in left wing extremism-affected villages of the state’s Bastar division, which includes the Sukma district.
The SP said the child, aged 6-7 years, narrated the alleged crime to her parents on Sunday, following which it was reported to the hostel superintendent.
After a police complaint was filed the next day, a case was registered under sections 376 AB (rape on a woman under 12 years of age), 456 (house trespass), 363 (kidnapping) and 324 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code and provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.
An eight-member team headed by Sukma additional superintendent of police Gaurav Mandal has been constituted to probe the matter. It also includes deputy superintendent of police (special juvenile police unit Sukma) Parul Khandelwal, he said.
The child’s medical examination has been conducted and efforts are on to identify the accused, he added.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)