VASCO
Two men have been arrested on charges of molesting their minor family members in separate incidents in different parts of Vasco.
While one man has been accused of molesting his 12-year-old daughter, another man has been accused of molesting his niece, Vasco Police informed.
In the first case, the 12-year-old girl was behaving in an unusual manner and the school referred the girl to a school counsellor. “During counselling, the minor girl revealed about her father's behaviour towards her from August 2005 till February,” informed the police.
The school later filed a complaint through an NGO with the Vasco Police.
“Acting on the complaint, the father, a native of UP, was arrested under Section 8 of Goa Children Act, Section 8 of Prevention of Children against Sexual Abuse and Sections 354, 354 (A) of IPC,” Vasco PI Sagar Ekoskar said.
In the second case, police arrested a native of Kholapur on charges of molesting his 14-year-old niece since June 2015.
“The girl's parents, who are in Kholapur, had left their daughter with the uncle for schooling. During class counselling, the victim girl told the counsellor that her uncle was molesting her since June 2015,” PI Ekoskar said.
The school later filed a complaint with Vasco Police and acting on the complaint, police arrested the uncle under Section 8 of Goa Children Act, Section 8 of Prevention of Children against Sexual Abuse and under Sections 354, 354 (A) of IPC.
PI Ekoskar said he is further investigating the case.
Meanwhile, PI Ekoskar said the cleric who was arrested on charges of molesting a 15-year-old girl from Vasco was further remanded to 4 days police custody.
