Hubballi: A 23-year-old boy has been detained and booked under by the provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act by Hubballi police. The arrested is accused in the mysterious death case of a minor girl from the city.
Vijay Prashanth alias Vijay Raviprashant Dalra (23) is the accused arrested.
According to police, the accused had stalked the minor girl, Geetha, a resident of Janata Colony on Kusugal Road in Hubballi when she was returning home after attending tuitions. The accused reportedly also damaged her bicycle and reportedly harrassed her. On the same night, she allegedly attempted suicide and was in a severely injured condition was taken to the hospital where she breathed her last.
As per investigations, the cause of the death might be stalking and harassment by the accused which led her to take the extreme step.
Police Commissioner Pandurang Rane said the girl’s father had suspected Vijay’s role in his daughter’s unnatural death and had also complained to the police to investigate the involvement of another person in the case. Police are investigating further into the role of another youth who was with the accused at the time of the incident.
Geetha, a class IX student of Sanskaar English Medium School in Hubballi allegedly attempted suicide by jumping from the apartment on October 22.