Goa: Minor allegedly sexually assaulted, minister claims 90% crimes by outsiders

A four-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in northern Goa on Sunday, The Indian Express quoted the police as saying.

The police said that they were conducting raids to arrest the person accused in the matter, who is yet to be identified.

Reacting to the incident, the state’s Tribal Welfare Minister Ramesh Tawadkar claimed that “90% of the persons involved in such cases” had come to Goa “from outside”, The Indian Express reported.

The minister said that Goa is a tourist state and persons coming to the region to earn a livelihood could not be stopped.

“Such crimes should not happen in Goa or anywhere else in the country,” the newspaper quoted Tawadkar as saying. “The person who has committed this crime has a demonic mentality.”

He added: “The government is playing its role to control such crimes. Police should also tighten enforcement in the state to prevent such incidents.”

According to preliminary investigation, the girl, daughter of a daily-wage labourer, was abducted and taken to the basement of a dilapidated building where she was allegedly sexually assaulted, The Indian Express quoted unidentified officers as saying.

A passerby found the girl near a taxi stand on Sunday night, following which residents alerted the police. She was taken to a hospital for treatment, where her condition was stable, the police said.

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