The 22-year old youth, who was arrested on the charge of raping a four-year old girl child, turned out to be a serial rapist of the city. In the past 11 years, he has been arrested seven times on the charge of rape.In police custody, the offender claimed to mediapersons that the memory of the people was quite weak and within a week they would forget the incident.
The miscreant, identified as Sourabh Jain alias Sonu, was on Saturday arrested by the Chunabhatti police for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a four year old girl. The accused was booked for around eight cases of rape, unnatural sex and abduction, police said.
Sonu was nabbed from Kotwali police station area on Thursday. On March 25, the accused went to his shop where he worked and left for delivery and while on his way to the shop at around 11 am, he had spotted two girls in Chunabhatti area and offered them a ride. The elder one refused but the younger one who was four year old accepted the offer. The miscreant took her to Kaliasot Dam but when the victim raised an alarm he escaped leaving the delivery van which helped the police in tracing the accused.
Six cases in Aishbagh police station, one in Ashoka Garden police station, one in Bajaria police station and one in Chunabhatti police station have been registered against him. Only minor girls were his targets; he never eyed any adult woman.
Accused has served two jail terms of three and five years. In 2013, he was released after the completion of the jail term. He was booked under Section 377 in the year 2004 for unnatural sex with a girl but escaped punishment as he was minor at that time.The accused continued to commit crime and by the year 2012 he was booked for around eight cases.
Notably, he had worked as a driver at a police station in the city. The accused confessed that he had worked as a driver at a police station and he got the job on the recommendations of a judge who was his neighbour.