New Delhi: A nine-year-old girl was allegedly raped on Friday, June 3 by a neighbour in northeast Delhi’s New Seelampur area.
The police said they received a call informing them about the incident at 11.15 am on Friday.
They took the victim to JPC hospital for medical examination, a senior police officer said.
The medical examination report of the girl confirmed the rape, following which a case under sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 6 of POCSO Act was registered, the officer said.
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Preliminary investigation led police to a 46-year-old man who works in a small factory located very close to the house of the victim, police said.
The man, known to the victim, lured her while she was playing in the street on Friday and raped her in the factory where he worked, the officer said.
The police said that the victim is suffering from a mental health condition since her childhood.
The accused, identified as Mohammad Shajid, a resident of Begusarai district in Bihar, was apprehended, they said, adding that the investigation is still on.
(PTI)