PORVORIM: Samir Singh Rathod, a youth from Rajasthan, was arrested on Wednesday by the Porvorim police on charges of raping a minor girl.
The accused is 20 years old and residing in Goa for around two years.
Porvorim PI informed that the victim is 17 years old and a native of Uttar Pradesh. She is known to the youth as they were in love for the last one year.
“Since the victim was feeling unwell for the last couple of days, her mother took her to the Candolim health centre for a check-up. The mother of the victim thought that the rise in the heat was the reason. On undergoing tests, it was learnt that the girl is four weeks pregnant. A complaint in this regard was lodged by the mother of the victim girl who is 17 years and six months. The youth allegedly had sexual intercourse with the minor girl and she is pregnant. She is now admitted in a hospital at Mapusa,” the PI said.
The accused has been arrested and remanded in police custody for seven days.
The Porvorim police have registered an offence under Section 376 (rape) of Indian Penal Code and Section 8 of Goa Children’s Act and Section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO).
