This story is from December 4, 2021

Class 1 student faces arrest for bid to disrobe Khagaria woman

An eight-year-old Class 1 student is facing arrest for allegedly using criminal force with intention of disrobing a woman and theft in Khagaria district. Not only the minor boy, his father Arvind Yadav, mother Kari Devi and one Phultan Yadav are also facing arrest in the same case.
Class 1 student faces arrest for bid to disrobe Khagaria woman
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PATNA: An eight-year-old Class 1 student is facing arrest for allegedly using criminal force with intention of disrobing a woman and theft in Khagaria district. Not only the minor boy, his father Arvind Yadav, mother Kari Devi and one Phultan Yadav are also facing arrest in the same case.
DSP (Khagaria headquarters) Ranjeet Kumar Singh had ordered their arrest a fortnight back after supervising a case registered with Gogri police station.
When asked, Gogri police station SHO Pawan Kumar said both families are neighbours and there is a financial dispute between them.
The informant, a Mahadalit woman, has alleged that the three men had barged into her house at Fatehpur and assaulted her while the child started pulling her sari. In the FIR lodged under The SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, a copy of which is with TOI, the informant alleged that Phultan snatched a gold locket and a pair of earrings from her body during the incident. She also accused Phultan, Arvind and the minor of taking away her four goats. Kari Devi is accused of provoking Arvind to shoot the informant. As per the complainant, her husband lives in Punjab. She has not mentioned any reason behind the incident.
When contacted, Khagaria SP Amitesh Kumar on Friday told TOI over phone that the matter came to his light on Thursday. “I am going to seek an explanation from the DSP if he had actually visited the spot before issuing arrest order how he missed the age factor of the child in course of investigation and supervision, if he had visited the spot at all,” he said.
Kumar said he is also get the child’s age verified from documents or educational certificates. “The child’s relative submitted a petition in my office on Thursday, apprising me about the matter. It’s also being reported that he is aged around 12 years. All these things require investigation,” he said.
The SP said he would get the case supervised again by another DSP-ranked officer in the district. As per the FIR, the incident was of May 17 while the woman lodged a written complaint to the police on July 8 on the basis of which the case was finally registered.
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