A 15-year old girl was sexually assaulted by her neighbor at Gautam Nagar slums under TT Nagar police station area late in the night on Tuesday.
According to the police accused Dharmendra Malviya sexually assaulted the victim who was asleep at her house by threatening her of life.
Before leaving the house accused threatened the victim not to report the incident to family and police. After the accused fled the spot, the victim told her father about the incident and later they lodged a complaint with the TT Nagar police.
Police said the victim was sexually assaulted at her residence. The accused sexually assaulted by threatening her of life and later escaped the spot.
The accused lives in the same area and reached the home of the victim at 2 in the night. The victim reported the incident to the family members in the morning on Wednesday and later the family members along with the victim reached the TT Nagar police and lodged a complaint against Dharmendra.
Police said that the accused threatened the victim not to report the incident with the family. After the preliminary investigation, the police have registered a case under section 376 of the IPC and section 3 and 4 of the Protection of Children against Sexual Offences -2012.
Based on the complaint by the victim police arrested the accused and started further investigation. Details of the accused are yet to be investigated. The involvement of accused in other crimes would be investigated.