A 35-year-old man was recently arrested for assaulting a five-year-old boy while the child was playing on the road with his mother in Bengaluru.
The accused has been identified as a resident of Thyagarajanagar in south Bengaluru.
According to the police, the kid was playing badminton with his mother and other children when the accused kicked the boy from behind without any provocation and walked away. The assault was caught on a CCTV camera installed in a neighbouring house.
“The boy and his mother are residents of Doddamavalli. The child was on a visit to his uncle’s place,” a police officer said. The boy sustained injuries near his eyes and scratches on his limbs.
The police initially registered a non-cognizable report (NCR) and registered the First Information Report under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 115 (voluntarily causing hurt) after getting a court nod on Monday.
The police officer said the accused is mentally unstable and has been involved in such attacks on children whenever they made noise. The accused was released on station bail, and his family later took him to a hospital in Tamil Nadu.
Doctor molested
In another incident, a woman doctor was allegedly molested by an unidentified man in Bengaluru. The doctor is from Odisha and lives in a PG accommodation in the city. The incident happened when the doctor was heading back to her PG after completing her shift on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday.
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While the victim was walking to her PG, a man riding a white scooter asked the doctor for directions and then suddenly molested her. The doctor immediately screamed for help, and the accused fled from the spot in his vehicle, the police said.
The police have registered a case under Section 74 (assault or use of criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.