A nine-year-old girl was raped and sodomised by a 25-year old man in North Delhi’s Bara Hindu Rao area on Sunday evening. The accused identified as Gopi Nisha Malha was later arrested by the police. The victim was admitted at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Hindu Rao hospital.
The incident took place on Sunday around 6.30 pm, when the girl, a student of a Government school, was playing in the park near her house along with two of her friends. Malha approached them and lured them on the pretext of showing them something unique. Two of the three girls managed to flee from the spot but the accused caught hold of the victim. He then gagged her mouth and took her to a secluded place, where he allegedly raped her. later her friends reached her residence and informed her parents who then searched for the girl and the man in the area. Hours later, the victim’s mother spotted her daughter along with the accused in the nearby Nawabganj area. “As she raised an alarm, the accused left the girl and fled from the spot. local police was informed about the incident. The accused was arrested on Monday,” said a police official.
A case under Sections 363, 376, 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 3/4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO) was registered at Bara Hindu Rao police station.
“The victim is admitted in the ICU and is under constant monitoring. Her condition is stable,” said RB Mittal, Medical Superintendent Hindu Rao hospital. The girl underwent an operation on Monday and might undergo another surgery, if required.