14-year-old sexually assaults minor boy

HYDERABAD: In a shocking incident, Ghatkesar police booked a 14-year-old student after he sexually assaulted an 11-year-old boy from his neighbourhood on Sunday.
The juvenile offender is a class VIII student from Balaji Nagar in Ghatkesar and the victim is VI class student from Balaji Nagar. Fathers of both the victim and the juvenile offender are drivers.
On Sunday evening, while a group of boys were playing at a ground in Balaji Nagar, the juvenile offender took the victim to an isolated place nearby and sodomised him, Ghatkesar inspector B Prakash said.
After the victim complained of pain to his parents in the night, they asked him what has happened. “The victim told his parents what has happened and they lodged a complaint with us on Monday. We have sent the victim for medical examination,” the inspector said.
Police spoke to the juvenile offender in the presence of his family members and booked a case against him under section 377 of the IPC and the POCSO Act. The juvenile offender will be produced before the juvenile justice board on Tuesday.