inp.polri.go.id – A man with the initials of A (24), from Rancamaya Village, Cilongok District, was secured by the ranks of the Women and Children Protection Unit (PPA) of Banyumas Police Criminal Investigation Unit, due to the allegation of committing sexual abuse and attempted to rape a 16-year-old girl. According to the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Banyumas Police, Commissioner Agus Supriadi, said the incident happened on the banks of the Bambi Grumbul Karanggebang River. Initially, A came to the victim's house and pretended to ask where her father was, while in fact, he already knows that her father was not home at that time. “The perpetrator then asked the victim to come with him to search for a truck for his work. On the way, the perpetrator then took the victim to a quiet place and then tried to rape her when arrived at that place," he said, quoted from www.kanal9.id, Wednesday (26/10/22). “Pelaku kemudian mengajak korban dengan dalih mencari kendaraan truk untuk bekerja. Saat diperjalanan, pelaku mengajak korban ke tempat yang sepi. Sesampainya di TKP, pelaku berniat untuk memperkosanya. Tapi korban memberontak,"ujarnya. di lansir dari www.kanal9.id, Rabu (26/10/22). The girl fought back and A tried to strangle the girl, silencing her mouth, and drown her head to the water. Fortunately, the girl managed to escape and was later helped by the people around the river banks. For his actions, the suspect was charged with Article 80 of Law No. 35 of 2014 concerning amendments to Law No. 23 of 2002 concerning child protection in conjunction with Law No. 17 of 2016 concerning Stipulation of Government Regulations in Lieu of Law No. 1 of 2016 concerning child protection.