A three-year-old girl was allegedly about to get sexually assaulted by her 35-year-old neighbour in Southeast Delhi’s Sarita Vihar but was saved by an alert woman on Thursday afternoon. Police said the man, Ganori Prasad, who works as a security guard, took the minor girl to his house while she was playing outside her house. However the girl’s aunt came and raised an alarm after which the locals handed the man to the cops.
Chinmoy Biswal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) said, “On Thursday, at around 1pm, we received a call of attempt to sexually assault a minor girl at Sarita Vihar. Biswal further said, “During enquiry, the police found that Ganori Prasad, a resident of Aali vihar allegedly attempted to sexually assalut on 3 year old girl. The baby girl was playing in front of her house and Prasad took the girl to the first floor of the building, where the girl resides and removed clothes,” The DCP added, “luckily, the girl’s paternal aunt heard the girl’s cries and rushed to the first floor. Seeing this, the aunt of the victim called the Neighbors and they caught Prasad and called the police. Police sent the victim and the alleged person for medical.
We are taking action under POCSO ACT,” The DCP further said, “Alleged is a security guard in Jasola.” The father of the minor girl is a street vendor and sells vegetables.