Bengal native convicted for sexual assault of minor boys

Panaji: The children’s court convicted a 30-year-old man from West Bengal for sexually assaulting two minor brothers in 2020. The boys’ mother reported the assault during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown in July 2020.

Following her complaint, police registered an FIR on July 13, 2020, and arrested the man, who was 25 years old at the time.The man was staying with the family between April and June 2020 when the boys, aged 9 and 11 years, were assaulted while they were sleeping in a room. He was convicted under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Juvenile Justice Act, and the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act. The testimony of the children and witnesses was instrumental in convicting the man.