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Thane: 80-year-old man arrested for allegedly molesting 10-year-old girl
Aug 18, 2018
11:13 am
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An 80-year-old man from Kalyan city in the Thane district of Maharashtra was arrested for allegedly molesting a ten-year-old girl.
Yunus Sayyed, who claimed to be a spiritual healer, used to give 'taveez' (sacred thread).
He allegedly called the girl to his house on the pretext of giving her a 'taveez' yesterday afternoon and molested her, police said.
He was arrested yesterday.
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Accused was arrested after the girl's mother approached police
Yunus Sayyed, a resident of Ambivili, was booked under section 354 of IPC (molestation) and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), police said.