A three-year-old girl has been allegedly raped by her 25-year-old uncle inside a cinema hall in Kurla (west) on Saturday, the police said. The accused has been arrested and remanded to police custody by the court. The victim is a resident of Kurla.
According to an official from the Kurla police station, the accused, Mohammad Israel Ansari had sought the victim’s mother’s permission to take her out for a movie. The girl’s mother consented as she thought of Ansari as her brother. Ansari then took her to the cinema hall and raped her. The incident took place at around
7 pm.
As Ansari sexually assaulted Afreen (name changed), she started crying loudly in the cinema hall. Afreen’s cries attracted the attention of some of the people seated near them in the theatre, following which they alerted the attendant.
In the FIR, the attendant has stated that the girl was undressed when he saw her and Ansari was indulging in obscene acts with her. On seeing that, the attendant raised an alarm and a scared Ansari tried to run away in a semi-nude condition to avoid being assaulted.
However, some of the people around nabbed Ansari and roughed him up before handing him over to the police.
When Afreen’s mother was informed, she went into a state of shock as she often let her daughter go out with Ansari. The victim was sent for medical examination and her reports are awaited, added the police.
Shaikh sells toys in Mahim for a living. He has been booked for rape under relevant sections of the IPC.