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An ice cream vendor was arrested in Shimla for allegedly attempting to rape a six-year-old girl, police said.
Police said that further investigation into the matter is underway.(Shutterstock/Representative Image)
A 45-year-old ice cream vendor was arrested in the Jhakri area of Shimla district on Saturday for the alleged attempted rape of a six-year-old girl, police said. The arrest follows a complaint filed by the girl’s mother, who alleged that the man, a native of Rajasthan, lured her daughter away from her shop on the pretext of giving her ice cream.
According to the mother’s account to the police, she initially did not notice her daughter’s absence as she was attending to customers. Upon realizing the girl was missing, she began to search for her. When she went to the ice cream cart, she allegedly witnessed the vendor attempting to rape her daughter. Upon seeing the mother, the man reportedly fled the scene.
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Police acted swiftly on the complaint, registering a First Information Report (FIR) and subsequently apprehending the suspect.
A case has been lodged against the vendor under sections 64 (rape) and 62 (punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023, as well as relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, 2012.
Police said that further investigation into the matter is underway.
Shimla, India, India
October 04, 2025, 23:28 IST
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