Two minors raped in South Delhi in 2 days

Two minor girls were raped in south Delhi in the past 24 hours, police said on Tuesday.

The first incident took place in south east Delhi’s Govindpuri area on Monday evening in which a six-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by an unidentified man. The man later left her outside her home and fled.

Police said they were checking CCTV footage to identify the suspect. “A case under section 376 (rape) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 6 of protection of children from sexual offences (POCSO) act was registered at the Govindpuri police station,” said Romil Baaniya, deputy commissioner of police (southeast district).

A senior police officer said that the case came to light on early Tuesday morning when the girl’s parents approached the police. Police were told that the girl was playing with her friends when a man lured her to an unknown place on the pretext of giving her chocolates.

“The girl has told us that the man took her a secluded place, touched her inappropriately, and then raped her. He threatened her not to tell anyone about the incident. Around 10 pm, the man dropped her near her home and disappeared,” the officer said.

The girl told her mother about it, following which her parents reached the police station and filed a complaint.

In another case, a four-and-ahalf-year-old girl was raped allegedly by her neighbour in an under construction building in south Delhi’s Neb Sarai on Tuesday afternoon. Police said the girl lives with her parents, both labourers, and two siblings in a rented room in Neb Sarai.

On Tuesday noon, the girl was playing outside her home while her parents were out for work. A man named Jagat, who lives in her neighbourhood and works as a labourer took her to an under construction building and raped her. The police are yet to formally register an FIR.