BAWANA MINORS PLAY DEAD TO ESCAPE CLUTCHES OF 22-YEAR OLD RAPIST

The accused lured the girls on the pretext of buying candies and took them to an islolated park, some 150-mts from the shop, and allegedly raped them

NEW DELHI: In a rather disturbing case, two girls aged six and eight were allegedly raped and then strangulated by a 22-year-old factory worker in outer Delhi's Bawana area on Friday.

The girls managed to survive the ordeal after they pretended to play dead after which the accused fled the area, police said.

The accused was later arrested on Saturday after the incident came to fore and has been sent to 14 days in judicial custody after he was produced at a Delhi court.

The girls are reportedly traumatized after the incident and a local NGO has been roped in to counsel them and bring them back to normal.

The two girls lived in the same locality in Bawana with their family in a rented accommodation.

The six-year-old girl lived with her parents, who work in a factory, and four siblings in a rented accommodation in Bawana.

The eight-year-old lived with her parents and two brothers a few metres from the younger girl's house.

According to police, the incident took place around 7:30 pm, when the accused made contact with the girls and gave them Rs 100 to buy some sweets from a local store.

“The accused had lured the girls by offering them money. They went to a local store but could not find the sweet of their choice after which the accused took them to another store. Later he lured the two girls away after he managed to find an isolated spot,” said a senior police official privy to the investigation.

The parents of the two girls had just returned from work. They did not think that there was something amiss and thought that the girls were watching television in the neighborhood. The accused took the girls to an isolated park 150 metres from the shop and allegedly raped them.

The girls tried to fight back but the accused assaulted them in a bid to subdue them. Then sensing that his crime would come to light he decided to kill the minors by strangulating them.

“He dumped them into a pit thinking that they died after which he fled the spot. The family members who had tried to trace the girl in the locality approached the police when they could not trace them,” the official added.

The families of both the girls along with a police party searched the isolated stretch.

The search party located the clothes of one of the girls after which they raised an alarm.

The girls responded after which they were rescued.

The accused was arrested the following day after the girls managed to give a description of the accused.