A minor girl has molested by a barber.

Chamoli: A shameful incident has come to light from block Nandanagar, district Chamoli. An incident of molestation of a minor girl by a young man working as a barber from a particular community. After the girl told her family about the incident, the girl’s father lodged a complaint against the accused barber in Nandanagar police station. It is being told that the accused barber has closed his shop and is absconding after the incident.

According to the family, their daughter told that barber Arif used to make objectionable gestures to their daughter with his eyes even before, but they did not pay much attention to it, but his activity of molestation crossed all limits, the daughter told about the incident of 22 August, that incident was not forgivable.

According to the information received, a 24-year-old youth named Arif Khan worked as a barber in Nandanagar. On August 22, the youth made obscene gestures to a minor girl living in his neighborhood, which the girl complained to her mother while crying. Such kind of molestation and crime is stepping in even the remote district Chamoli now.

On the day of the incident, the victim girl’s father had gone out of Nandanagar. On August 26, when the victim girl’s father returned home, no one in the family told him about the molestation due to fear of public shame. On August 31, the girl’s mother mentioned to her husband about the incident, after which the girl’s father has filed a complaint against the accused barber in Nandanagar police station. The girl’s statement has also been taken by the police in the case, further action is being taken by police.