Couple in their 80s jailed for sexually abusing 4-year-old who called them Dada-Dadi

An octogenarian couple in Maharashtra has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years in jail by a special court for sexually assaulting their 4-year-old neighbour, who called them ‘Dada-Dadi’.

An octogenarian couple in Maharashtra has been convicted and sentenced to 10 years in jail by a special court for sexually assaulting their 4-year-old neighbour, who called them ‘Dada-Dadi’. The case dates back to 2013 and Judge Rekha N Pandhare of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) court observed that the accused being of her grandparents’ age were supposed to take care of the victim. In her statement to the police, the girl had said that after she came back from school on September 4, 2013, she ate food and was watching cartoons on TV. Around noon, she went to the 4th floor of her building to play with a friend. She said as her friend was sleeping, she returned home when the accused who she called as ‘Dada-Dadi’ called on her.