Kolkata: Two including under-age booked for molesting girl
According to reports, an eleventh-standard girl student of city's posh school claimed that she was harassed and molested by two bikers in front of Bangladesh Deputy High Commission at Circus Avenue area near south Kolkata's Park Circus 7-point Crossing on Friday evening, while she was walking home.
The girl noted the registration number of the molesters' motorcycle and lodged a complaint against the duo at Beniapukur Police Station later at night.
After starting probe into the matter, police held two accused, including a minor boy, from Tiljala Masjid Bari Lane area on Saturday morning, according to officials.
"We examined CCTV footage of the area, where the incident was allegedly took place, and searched the bike's registration number to arrest the accused," a senior official of Kolkata Police told IBNS.
However, one of the arrested were produced in a city court at Sealdah on Saturday and was remanded to judicial custody, while a juvenile court sent the minor to a city home, reports said.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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