A 34-year-old man in Kerala has been arrested for picking up an eight-year-old girl and violently flinging her to the ground, an incident which was caught on CCTV. The visuals show the man walking towards the eight-year-old girl, who was standing outside a madrasa. As soon as he nears her, the girl is seen moving a step away from him. He is seen picking her up, flinging her to the ground and walking away. The girl landed on her stomach, with her slipper flying away. The incident took place outside the Isha-athul Uloom Kendra madrasa in Manjeshwar of Kasargod on Thursday, November 17. The man, identified as her neighbour Aboobacker Siddique, has been arrested by the police. The girl is undergoing treatment for her injuries.
The police are yet to find out the reason behind the man’s brutal act. According to reports, the girl’s father is in Qatar. Her mother was at their home at the time of the incident. The girl, who usually is accompanied by her uncle, was alone at the madrasa on Thursday morning to write an exam. After the incident, the girl returned home crying and said that a man hit her in front of the madrasa.
Her uncle returned to the madrasa and checked the CCTV footage, and was shocked to see what had happened. He immediately identified the man as Aboobacker Siddique. An official of Manjeshwar police station said that a First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against Aboobacker. Based on the girl’s statement, he was booked under sections 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), and 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 9 read with 10 of the Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act (aggravated sexual assault).
“We don’t know why he attacked the girl yet. He is still being questioned,” the police said. In a similar incident, two weeks ago, a six-year old boy was kicked by a youth named Shihshad in Thalassery of Kannur for leaning on his parked car.