Guwahati: A youths’ body leader has been arrested for allegedly molesting a minor girl at Sonari in upper Assam’s Charaideo district, police said on Thursday.
Shaju Bora, general secretary of Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad (AJYCP)’s Sonari unit allegedly touched the 12-year-old girl inappropriately, said a police official.
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Based on a complaint filed by the family members of the minor girl police on Wednesday arrested Bora and produced him before a local court at Sonari.
The court sent him to 14-day judicial custody, the official added.
Sonari police has registered a case against the AJYCP leader under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.
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According to police, the minor girl is a relative of Bora.