Puttur: A man, arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl, reportedly injured himself while in police custody in Puttur Town on Wednesday.
Shamsher Khan, 50, had been accused of sexually assaulting the girl for over a year. In her complaint to the Puttur Town police, the girl accused Khan of giving her sedatives before sexually assaulting her.
She accused him of showing her pornographic content on his mobile phone and on television and threatening her to conduct herself in the same way. She accused him of making indecent advances towards her several times including on April 17. She also alleged that he caused burns on her body using a Beedi butt.
The police arrested him on Wednesday and kept him in the lock-up. He then reportedly banged his head on the bars. The police took him to the local government hospital where he was given treatment.
Khan has been accused under the POCSO Act, 2012, and sections 376 (1) and 376(C) of the IPC.
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Why still no hanging for this harami....?
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