A Mumbai-based girl studying in Class 10 has accused her mother and their male neighbour of pushing her into prostitution to earn money, prompting the police to register a case and launch a probe, officials said on Wednesday.
A case was registered at the Ghatkopar police station on Tuesday night based on the complaint filed by the girl's school teacher, they said.
The girl alleged that from April this year till the time the complaint was filed, the duo forced her into prostitution to earn money.
Fed up with the torture, the girl took her friend along and narrated her ordeal to her class teacher. She told the latter that once she ran away from her house and stayed at her friend's place for three days. But when she returned home, she was again pushed into flesh trade, the police said.
The teacher was shocked to know this, and informed her school authorities who in turn alerted the local police.
Based on the complaint, her mother and the man were booked under relevant sections of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including 64 (rape), 98 (selling child for the purpose of prostitution) and also sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, and further investigation is underway, the officials said.
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