Truck driver arrested for raping 12-year-old girl

Police claimed to have solved a rape case of a 12-year-old minor girl after arresting the suspect in this connection. The suspect has been identified as Shiv Kumar, a resident of Sher Nagar in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh.

Sanoli police produced the suspect before the court on Saturday after his five-day police remand ended. The court has sent the suspect to pre-trial detention.

Sub-Inspector Arvind, SHO, Sanoli police station, said that a person from a village in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh stated in his complaint on October 18 that his 12-year-old daughter went somewhere on October 17 without informing anyone in the house. He searched for his daughter, but she was not traced.

The SHO said the girl was found near Sanjay Chowk under suspicious circumstances. The minor girl in her statement before the magistrate said that she was walking on Sanoli road. A truck arrived and the driver asked her to go with him. She got into the truck. The truck driver told the girl that his name was Shiv Kumar. He took her to a factory and unloaded goods from his truck. Then he took the girl to another place. She further alleged that the truck driver raped her three times in his vehicle.

Following the girl’s statement, Sanoli police registered a case under the POCSO Act and initiated investigation into the matter. During the investigation, the police collected data from all factories. Police found a mention of Shiv Kumar in a factory on October 17.

After collecting all the details about Shiv Kumar, the police arrested him under the Chhajpur flyover on October 26.