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Kashmir: Man arrested for sexually assaulting a minor girl in Srinagar

| @indiablooms | Feb 23, 2023, at 05:15 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a man who has allegedly sexually assaulted a minor girl in Srinagar.

The accused, identified as Mohammad Ashraf Lone a resident of Tanghar Pulwama, was arrested for assaulting a minor girl at Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) soura, police said.

A case under section 354-A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and sections 7 and 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered at Police station Soura.

"One person namely Mohd Ashraf Lone S/o Ali Mohd Lone R/o Tanghar Pulwama arrested for sexually assaulting a minor girl at SKIMS soura.

"FIR No 07/2023 under section 354-A of IPC and sections 7, 8 POSCO act registered at Soura PS," Srinagar Police Tweet said.

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