<p>An eight-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in Ashok Nagar police station limits in Central Bengaluru on Thursday evening.</p>.<p>Police have taken up a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Pocso). They have clues about the suspect and are hunting for him.</p>.<p>According to the police, the girl and her mother, who is hearing and speech inpaired, are not from Karnataka. The mother sells balloons at traffic signals</p>.<p>The woman made her daughter sit by the road in the shade and went to sell balloons on Thursday in the Ashok Nagar police station limits, according to the police. </p>.<p>"A man took the child to a secluded spot, promising to get her food, and sexually assaulted her. The mother ran to her daughter hearing her screams, but the suspect had fled by then,” an investigator said.</p>.<p>People gathered around the mother as she wailed. Police officers on patrol duty quickly reached the location. </p>.<p>“As the mother is mute, she explained the incident through sign language. Subsequently, the child was taken to hospital where a medical test was conducted. The reports confirmed the sexual assault,” the investigator said. </p>
<p>An eight-year-old girl was sexually assaulted in Ashok Nagar police station limits in Central Bengaluru on Thursday evening.</p>.<p>Police have taken up a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Pocso). They have clues about the suspect and are hunting for him.</p>.<p>According to the police, the girl and her mother, who is hearing and speech inpaired, are not from Karnataka. The mother sells balloons at traffic signals</p>.<p>The woman made her daughter sit by the road in the shade and went to sell balloons on Thursday in the Ashok Nagar police station limits, according to the police. </p>.<p>"A man took the child to a secluded spot, promising to get her food, and sexually assaulted her. The mother ran to her daughter hearing her screams, but the suspect had fled by then,” an investigator said.</p>.<p>People gathered around the mother as she wailed. Police officers on patrol duty quickly reached the location. </p>.<p>“As the mother is mute, she explained the incident through sign language. Subsequently, the child was taken to hospital where a medical test was conducted. The reports confirmed the sexual assault,” the investigator said. </p>