A 12-year-old girl was allegedly rape by a shopkeeper in Mashobra, 10 km from here, following which the accused was arrested, police said.
The victim, a class 6 student, in her complaint said that the 52-year-old accused barged into her house on May 4 and molested her and threatened to kill her if she informed anyone about the incident, they said.
After the medical examination of the girl, which confirmed sexual assault, the accused was booked under section 376 of IPC and section 8 of the POSCO Act, police said.
Shimla Superintendent of Police Ompati Jamwal confirmed the incident and said the accused had been arrested and investigations are in progress.
A case of molestation of a minor girl by a teacher of Government Middle School, Mayfield (Shimla) was reported last week and the accused teacher was booked and dismissed from government service.
Meanwhile, a local Court today deferred the hearing on bail plea of former Shimla SP D W Negi, who is in the jails since November 16, 2017, in custodial death of an accused Suraj in infamous Kothkai Gudiya rape case till May 18.
The court also extended the judicial remand of Anil alias Neelu, main accused in Gudiya tape and murder case till May 19. He was arrested from Kotkhai area by CBI on April 13.
He was the only accused whose DNA sample had matched and was arrested ten months after the heinous crime was committed.
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