Juvenile boy booked for outraging modesty of minor girl, video goes viral

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday booked a juvenile boy from tribal community on the charges of outraging modesty of a minor girl at Gompul village  in Jammu district.

” We’ve booked a boy, 11, under section 354 of the Ranbir Penal Code (RPC) for outraging modesty of his minor maternal sister,” SHO Kanachack, NeerajChoudhary told Greater Kashmir.

   

Police registered the case against the accused after taking the cognisance of a video that was shot by some people at the spot where the accused was allegedly committing the crime with the minor girl.

Meanwhile, the SHO said that he has also sought permission of his seniors including the DySP concerned and SP Jammu Rural, Shivdeep Singh to book those people, who shot the video and then circulated it on social networking sites.

The SP Jammu Rural, Shivdeep Singh told Greater Kashmir, “Some people who shot the video have been identified. Now, we are trying to look into other angles like who circulated the video on social sites. Once this process is related investigation would be complete, the accused would be booked under relevant sections of the IT Act.”

In the video that is making rounds on social networking site, some boys are seen beating the accused with fists and slaps. The video is getting hundreds of shares and retweets on social networking sites.

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