The police further said that after the matter was reported to the police, a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered.
Mapusa Police has booked a teacher of a Higher Secondary School under stringent sections of the POCSO Act and Goa Children's Act for allegedly molesting minor students.
The incident occurred on Tuesday and it came to light when the girl reached home and told her mother that she was suffering a lot of pain in her internal part.
The court of special judge (POCSO) Surekha Mishra convicted Saddam with death penalty in section 302 for murder, life imprisonment in section 364 for abducting, 10 years of imprisonment each in section 363 of IPC and section 9/10 of POCSO Act and one year of imprisonment in section 342 for w
In a major crackdown against child marriages, Bongaigaon Police arrested 87 accused in 140 registered cases under the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act and POCSO act, the police said.
He further added that anyone who would have married to a girl under 14 years of age would be arrested under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that the government is firm in its resolve to end the "menace of child marriage" in the state.
According to the police, the victim, who was identfied as the daughter of a businessman, was raped allegedly by their driver of eight years in Mumbai's Sewri area.