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The incident occurred on July 23. (Representational Image: iStock)
While returning home alone around 9.45 pm in an autorickshaw, teh auto driver stopped the vehicle near the Vitava petrol pump and sexually abused the boy
Police in Maharashtra’s Navi Mumbai are on the lookout for an autorickshaw driver for allegedly sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy in his vehicle when the minor was returning home, an official said on Saturday.
The incident occurred on July 23, he said.
The victim, a Class 9 student residing at Mulund in Mumbai, visited Kalwa to attend his swimming classes. While returning home alone around 9.45 pm in an autorickshaw, its driver stopped the vehicle near the Vitava petrol pump and sexually abused him, sub-inspector Rajendra Chitte of Rabale police station said.
His act left the boy shocked and he later told his parents about it. After that, they all approached the police and lodged a complaint against the driver, he said.
A case under the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered and efforts to arrest the driver were on, the official said.
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