A 13-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by two of her friends after she allegedly bunked school and went to attend a friend’s birthday party at West Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area on Tuesday. Police said that the girl was given a spiked drink. After she consumed it, she lost consciousness. When she woke up, she found that she has been raped and the duo accused allegedly threw her near a hospital in West
Delhi.
According to Vijay Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (West), one of the accused, a 17-year-old boy was apprehended, while the 18-year-old boy, identified as Sahil was arrested late on Tuesday evening.
The incident came to light around 3pm when a passerby spotted a girl lying on the roadside, asking for help. Once the passer-by approached her, the girl disclosed that she was thrown on the roadside by two boys who sexually assaulted her, said a senior police officer, privy to the investigation.
The minor girl called her father with the help of the phone of that passerby after which the girl went to her house and narrated her ordeal to her parents.
Consequentially, the family took the girl to the nearby police station where based on her statement and medical examination which confirmed sexual assault.
Police said that a team was formed and by late Tuesday evening, both the accused were held.
Police said that they have registered a case under 376 (rape) and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at the Uttam Nagar police station against the two accused. Further investigation is underway.