In a shocking incident, a two-year-old girl was sexually abused by her school cab driver in West Delhi’s Khayala area. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon when the victim was returning from school. The 23-year-old accused Simranjit Singh allegedly raped her inside the cab. Based on the victim’s medico legal case report, a case was registered under Sections 376 of the Indian Penal Code and several Sections of Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POSCO) at Khayala police station. The accused was arrested.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the victim used to go to her playschool along with one of its maids and now police are trying to ascertain the role of the maid in the crime.
Police said that the victim is a pre-nursery student of a playschool in Rajouri Garden and lived along with her parents in Ramesh Nagar area of West Delhi.
“The incident came to light on Monday afternoon when the victim’s mother found some injury marks on her body. She approached the police and informed them that her daughter was sexually abused by her cab driver,” a senior police officer said.
After receiving the complaint, local police took the victim to a nearby hospital for a medical examination which confirmed rape. “After registering the case, a raid was conducted and the accused Singh was arrested from his residence. He was running the school cab for the last six months and he sexually assaulted the victim when they were returning from the school,” the officer added.
In another incident, a 31-year-old woman alleged that she was raped by her neighbour in Dwarka North area of South-West Delhi. Based on the victim’s statement, a case was registered and the accused was arrested.
The victim was in a live-in-relationship with another man after deserting her husband. She had accused a neighbour of her estranged-in-laws of having raped her. Police officials said that they have registered a case and are investigating. The accused has been arrested on the charges of rape under Section 376 of the IPC.