10-year-old girl raped, relative held

NEW DELHI: A 10-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a relative in northwest Delhi’s Bhalswa Dairy area and the man was arrested on Sunday.

According to police, the incident took place on Saturday when the girl was playing with her friends, including the children of the 30-year-old accused, who is also her distant relative.

The man, who stays close to the victim’s house, called and took her to a nearby place and raped her behind bushes, deputy commissioner of police (Northwest) Vijay Singh said.

Police said when the girl came home, she told her parents about being sexually assaulted by the relative from her mother’s side whom she used to call ‘mamu’.

The parents then approached police and a case was registered at Bhalswa Dairy police station. PTI