A five-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted by a man before being abandoned in a sack in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district on Friday (April 10, 2026). The victim remains hospitalised where her condition is stable, a senior police officer said on Saturday (April 11, 2026).
A case has been registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012, and the accused, identified as Dhaneswar Sahu, 35, was subsequently arrested, Patan area Sub-Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Anoop Lakra said.
According to Mr. Lakra, the child was abducted on Friday (April 10, 2026) afternoon on her way to a shop to buy chocolates after coming home from school.
The accused, a daily wage labourer, allegedly lured the child to his house on the pretext of giving her chocolates.
The girl’s family members initiated a search when she did not return home for a long time. Couple of hours later, two youths from the village spotted movement inside a sack near a well. Upon opening the sack, the minor was found inside with her mouth gagged with a pillow cover, said another police officer.
