Overview
- Police registered separate POCSO cases in Ranpur and Sarankul after assaults on a 10-year-old and a younger girl were reported.
- In the Ranpur case, Prashant Nayak was arrested and a juvenile co-accused was detained after the child was allegedly taken to a secluded spot.
- A Ranpur court remanded Nayak to judicial custody after rejecting his bail plea, while the juvenile is being processed under the juvenile justice system.
- In the Sarankul case, a minor boy accused of luring a young girl to an isolated place was detained and produced before the Juvenile Justice Board.
- Forensic teams collected evidence at both scenes and medical examinations were completed for the victims, with officials confirming all accused were apprehended within a day of the FIRs.