4-YEAR-OLD RAPED BY SANITATION WORKER

NEW DELHI : A four-year-old girl was raped by a 35-yearold sanitation worker in a public toilet in Naraina on February 6. Police said they arrested the man on Monday. The girl lives in a slum in Naraina with her father, who works as a driver, and her step mother.

Police said the girl’s father called the police on Monday and reported a suspected sexual assault with her daughter by some local resident. When a police team reached the spot they took the child to a hospital where a medical examination confirmed sexual assault.

Deputy commissioner of police (west) Monika Bhardwaj said a police team questioned the girl and based on the details given by her zeroed on Kailash who is a native of Uttar Pradesh. “Kailash confessed to the crime. He said he spotted her playing alone outside her house, following which he took her to the toilet block on the pretext of giving her sweets. After raping her, he fled and left her near her house,” the DCP said.