An eight-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by her teenage neighbour at her residence in South Delhi’s Vasant Kunj area. Police apprehended the 14-year-old juvenile after the victim’s family registered a case against him. The incident took place on Friday afternoon at the victim’s residence in Rangpuri Pahari slum cluster.
“The girl was playing with the boy in a room when the boy allegedly inserted a pencil in her private part. As the girl started crying, the girl’s mother took her to a Safdarjung Hospital where medical examination revealed that she was sexually assaulted,” a police official said.
Police registered a case under the Indian Penal Code section 376 (punishment for sexual assault) of the Criminal law (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013, and section 6 (punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and apprehended the juvenile from Rangpuri Pahari area.
Meanwhile, figures released by the Delhi Police indicate that in every four hours a woman is raped in the city. In 2013, the number of rape cases registered in Delhi was 1,571 while the figure shot up to 2,069 in 2014.