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Minor girl jumps from fourth floor of building in India to avoid Rape

Minor girl jumps from fourth floor of building in India to avoid Rape

MUMBAI: A 12-year-old girl jumped from the fourth floor of a building inMumbai while trying to save herself from molestation by a 35-year-old man.The incident took place when the man approached the girl while she waswalking by the Nalasopara area in Alkapuri on 3 April.

The man spoke to her on the pretext of asking for an address. After shetold him the address, the man started talking to her and convinced her togo with him to the terrace of the building. The man misbehaved with her onthe terrace. Afraid by the him, the girl jumped off the building.

In a video accessed by Zee News, the girl can be seen jumping off thebuilding. The girl has been severely injured and has got a fracture. Shehas been admitted to the Nair hospital for treatment.

The accused has not yet been identified but police are claiming that theprobe is underway. Police are waiting for the girl to regain consciousnessto carry forward the probe.

The reports of this incident come on a day when another video has surfacedwhere a woman can be seen being molested and beaten up onboard a localtrain Mumbai. The incident took place on the Dadar-Kurla local train onThursday night. The guard was present nearby when the incident happened.The video was shot by a co-passenger in which it can be seen that the manis trying to overpower the woman while she is trying to fight back.

The incidents have yet again brought to focus the rising concerns over thesafety of women in Mumbai and across India.