HYDERABAD, July 26: A young girl was sexually assaulted in Latifabad-12 in the A-section police area on Tuesday. The accused, Azhar, had called the girl at his father’s clinic.

He gave her money and asked her to get some sweets for him. When she came to the clinic, she was sexually assaulted.

The man fled from the place. Police took the girl to the civil hospital for medical examination. The check-up was conducted by Dr Shazia.

The A-section police registered the case on the complaint of victim’s mother under section 10(3) ZHO.

PROTEST: Drivers and cleaners of buses staged a demonstration outside the press club here on Tuesday to protest against contractors of the bus terminus of the Hyderabad Cantonment Board.

Driver Ashraf and cleaner Mahmood told journalists that they were beaten up by employees of the contractor at the bus terminus when they insisted that their vehicle should be allotted full three minutes to pick-up passengers.

They said while women were boarding the bus the starter of the terminus snatched their luggage and did not allow them to board the bus.

They said no one was taking notice why the contractor was resorting to over-charging from bus drivers.

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