In a shocking incident, a five- year-old girl was allegedly raped by her uncle in national Capital’s Haiderpur Ambedkar Nagar near Shalimar Bagh on Tuesday. The accused was also arrested by police on same day, police said on Wednesday.
The accused is identified as Arjun (36), who lives in the same locality where victim stays. According to a senior police official, on Tuesday evening a Police Control Room (PCR) call was received regarding the rape incident following which a team rushed to the spot.
“During initial investigation it was revealed that Arjun had raped his five year-old niece following which the accused was arrested the same day,” said the senior police official.
“We have registered a case in police station Shalimar Bagh under section 363 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and POCSO act,” the senior police official added.
Earlier on Tuesday a minor was molested in the National Capital by a 39-year-old Suresh, a van driver of a private school in Rohini’s Shahabad Dairy area.
The accused driver was arrested after the victim narrated her ordeal to her mother who the lodged a complaint with the police. The child living in Rohini used the van to travel to and fro from her house in Sector 25 to a nearby private school.