Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 27: Nagrota police arrested a constable in Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
As per police sources, a complaint was lodged by family members of a 7-year-old girl with Police Station Nagrota stating that a constable of IR-18th Battalion namely Hari Krishan, a resident of Jagti Colony has touched their daughter inappropriately, when she was playing outside her residential quarter.
Acting over the compliant, a case under FIR Number 203/18 under Section 8 POCSO Act was registered at Nagrota Police Station and the accused has been arrested.
Further investigation into the case is going on.
Police team led by SHO Nagrota Inspector Deepak Pathania made the arrest under the supervision of SDPO Nagrota Yashbir Singh Slathia, SP Rural Dushyant Sharma and SSP Jammu Vivek Gupta.