A 70-year-old retired teacher was arrested for allegedly molesting his four-year-old neighbour in South-West Delhi's Palam Village. Based on the victim’s parents’ statement, a case was registered under Sections 354 (molestation) of the Indian Penal Code and several sections of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at Palam Vihar police station.
Police said that the incident took place on Saturday but came to light on Monday afternoon after the victim informed her mother about the incident. “The victim's mother told the police that on Saturday afternoon when the child was playing outside, the accused, on the pretext of giving her a chocolate took her to an isolated place and molested her,” a senior police officer said. SR
The victim came and she was scared but on Monday afternoon, she finally mustered courage and narrated the whole incident to her mother who in turn informed the police and the accused Babulal, was arrested on Monday evening from his residence in Palam Village. In another incident, a 35-year-old Delhi based businessman, Kamal Kumar was arrested for allegedly barging into the house of a woman, and molesting her after holding her hostage at knife point. The incident was reported from South Delhi's Fatehpur Beri.