Youth arrested for raping minor, trying to strangle her

Uttara Kannada (IANS) | The Karnataka Police has arrested a youth for raping and attempting to strangulate a four-year-old minor girl in Uttara Kannada district. Police said the arrested person has been identified as 26-year-old Shiva, a native of Cuddapah city in Andhra Pradesh. Shiva works as a daily wage labourer.

According to the police, the accused dragged the girl to an isolated place and raped her in Sirsi town on Thursday evening.

He then tried to strangulate the girl with a wire, but some passers-by heard her screams and reached the spot and saved her. Police said the accused tried to flee, but was caught and handed over to the police.

The police have registered a case against the accused under sections 376, 307 of the IPC, sections 4 and 6 of the POCSO Act.

–IANS