According to the Samata Nagar police station official, the security guard, arrested on Saturday, has been working in the housing society where the girl was staying with her family for the last few months
A 45-year-old security guard from a residential building in Mumbai was apprehended for allegedly molesting a seven-year-old girl within the complex’s electricity meter room on multiple occasions, stated a police official on Monday. The security guard, who was taken into custody on Saturday, had been employed at the housing society where the girl and her family resided for several months.
According to the Samata Nagar police station official, the security guard, arrested on Saturday, has been working in the housing society where the girl was staying with her family for the last few months.
During probe, the police found the accused would take the minor girl inside the electricity meter room of the building and molest her whenever he found her alone in the society premises, he said.
Throughout the investigation, authorities discovered that the accused had taken the young girl into the building’s electricity meter room, reportedly molesting her whenever she was found alone within the society premises.
Following a few weeks after the incidents occurred, the minor disclosed the details of the misconduct to her mother. Consequently, the family filed a complaint at the Samta Nagar police station in suburban Mumbai.
Charges were pressed against the security guard, and he was arrested under the appropriate sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), as confirmed by the official.
