Dehradun: In a shocking incident, an 11-year-old boy was sodomised by a 16-year-old boy inside the premises of a premier institute for the visually impaired here in Uttarakhand.
The matter came to light only when the victim complained to the principal of the institute on Rajpur Road. The accused has since been arrested and handed over to the police. He has been kept under house arrest at the same institute.
Ashok Kumar, Additional Director General of Police, Uttarakhand, confirmed the incident to this news agency and said that the alleged act of sodomy took place September 2.
When the victim complained to the principal of the institute, internal probe was initiated. The principal Deepika Mathur approached September 6, the Rajpur Marg Police Station.
“Since the incident happened at a premier institute for the visually- impaired established by the government of India, we took time to investigate the matter. We asked the authorities at the institute not to let the accused boy go out of the institute, said Ashok Kumar.
Superintendent of Police of Dehradun, Shweta Choubey told this news agency: “We arrested the accused juvenile only after launching the primary investigation.”
Choubey said: “The accused is 16-year-old and is a student of Class 11 and has been studying here for the last 10-11 years. The victim is 11-year old. Both are from Uttar Pradesh. The victim is from a very poor background.”
The victim is 100 per cent visually-impaired while the accused boy has some vision, said Ashok Rathore.
To a query why there was so much delay in arresting the accused, Rathore said, “The matter was suspicious. Both the victim and accused were juvenile. The role of the police in the investigation was limited. We arrested the accused September 12 and produced him in a juvenile court. The court ordered him to be kept under house arrest until the investigation was completed.”
The principal of the institute Deepika Mathur said: “The incident took place September 2. After initial probe, we handed over the matter to the police who registered a case under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).”
IANS
