Patna: Cop, five others booked for molesting minor girl

PATNA: A police sub-inspector (SI) and five others have been booked for allegedly molesting a 14-year-old girl and thrashing her relatives at Lemuabad village under the Pandarak police station area in Patna district on the intervening night on Wednesday and Thursday.
SHO of Pandarak police station Raman Prakash Vashishtha said the SI, Sudhir Kumar, is posted at Dehri-on-Sone.He was, however, stuck at Lemuabad due to lockdown. He said several others from the girl’s side are also evading arrest as an FIR under SC/ST Act was lodged against them by the opposite side.
“Apart from the SI, five others – Vinod Mochi, Sunny Kumar, Vicky Kumar, Manjesh Kumar and Shravan Kumar – were also named in the FIR lodged by the girl’s cousin,” the SHO added.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)