Police have arrested one Shiva Naik for allegedly molesting a minor at his home at Goutham Nagar on June 2.
In a press release, Additional Superintendent of Police C K Baba said on Monday that Naik was arrested on June 9 from Devakoppa Tanda of Dharwad by tracing his cell phone location.
According to a complaint lodged in rural police station on June 7, Naik had asked a small eatery owner to send her eight-year-old daughter to his home at Goutham Nagar to collect `30 on June 2.
Accordingly, she sent her daughter at 2.30 pm to his home but her daughter returned at 3 pm crying and her lips were bleeding. When enquired, the girl said she was molested by Shiva.
Attempt to Rape
Meanwhile, in Athani a 30-year-old man allegedly attempted to rape an eight-year-old girl at Saptasagar village on Monday.
Police said that Mahesh Mahadev Koli of Saptasagar village forcibly took the girl into a sugarcane field and attempted to rape her.
However, he ran away after farmers working in nearby fields rushed to the spot on hearing the girl’s scream. Victim’s father has registered a complaint with Athani police. Koli is said to be absconding.
