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Neighbour Arrested After 12-Year-Old Pushed From Khammam Building

Police filed POCSO charges after the child identified her neighbour on regaining consciousness, with investigators probing a prior informal warning.

Overview

  • A 12-year-old girl fell from the fourth floor of a residential building in Khammam and was admitted to hospital with serious bleeding and fractures after the incident on Saturday, June 6.
  • The girl regained consciousness days later and told police a 49-year-old neighbour had tried to molest her before pushing her from the building.
  • Khammam police arrested the 49-year-old resident and registered cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, and local authorities say an attempt-to-kill charge was also recorded.
  • Police say the girl’s mother had told a local resident about an earlier attempted molestation by the same man about a week before the fall, though no formal complaint had been filed then.
  • The victim is reported to be out of danger and remains under treatment at a local hospital while investigators collect evidence and prepare the case for prosecution under child-sensitive POCSO procedures.