64-yr-old man held for allegedly raping minor relative
The accused, Kondlo Vithoba Velip, living in Morpirla village of Quepem taluka, allegedly confined the 10-year-old girl in a room at a house in his neighbourhood where he raped her yesterday, a police spokesman said.
The accused was immediately arrested, he said.
Cuncolim police have registered a case against Velip under sections 342 (wrongful confinement) and 376 (rape) of IPC, section 8(ii) of Goa Children's Act and sections 3 and 4 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, the spokesman added.