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Ice-cream man molests 12 year old girl; arrested

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Moodbidri: Police held a man for allegedly attempting to molest a 12 year old girl by luring her with ice cream here on September 15.

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The arrested is identified as Farooq(26), a resident of Pucchemogaru and a father of two kids.

He used to sell Shetty Ice Cream from Bantwal in a tempo.

The girl, daughter of Shekhar, a resident of Shirlalu in Karkala was staying at her grand father Babu Nalke’s house in Kakkebettu. On September 14, the girl was returning home after buying some things from a nearby shop. Meanwhile Farooq who was on the same way stopped the rickshaw tempo and allegedly lured the victim to go with him on the pretext of providing Ice Cream. When she refused to go with him, he stopped the vehicle and tried to touch her chest. However the accused escaped from the spot when she screamed for help. Her grandfather who had gone to graze cattle saw her and rescued her.

A complaint was filed at Moodbidri police station. On Monday police arrested the accused and he was produced in the court. He has been sent for judicial custody of 15 days.

Panambur ACP Ravikumar is further investigating the matter.

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