A five-year-old girl was lured to an isolated place in DLF Phase-I here on Sunday and raped. The accused, Sharma, 32, has been arrested.
The girl had gone to an adjoining house of her uncle to attend a function when the accused lured her.
“A function was organised in my house to perform Kuan Poojan for my newly-born son. The victim, holding a plate of chowmein, was walking towards her home around 8-30 p.m. when the accused waylaid and took her to a vacant plot in DLF Phase-I,” said the victim’s uncle.
The incident came to light when a couple strolling near the spot heard the girl screaming and confronted the accused. The accused tried to mislead the couple saying he was her father, but the couple noticed the girl bleeding and informed the police.
The girl's family made a call to the Police Control Room around 10-30 p.m. when they could not find her. “The police told us that a girl from our village was found in DLF Phase-I. They told us that she was raped and taken to Civil Hospital,” said the girl's uncle.
According to the girl's family, the doctors at the Civil Hospital referred her to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi citing shortage of staff. “Before taking her to Safdarjung, we took her to some private hospitals in Gurgaon, but all of them refused to admit her,” said the victim's uncle.
Later, the agitated villagers along with the family members demonstrated outside the DLF Phase-I police station for several hours demanding that the accused be handed over to them. The police had to call in reinforcement to bring the situation under control.
The girl, who is under treatment at Safdarjung Hospital, was operated upon. “She is too frightened to speak to anybody. She is constantly crying. She may be discharged in 10 days,” said the girl's grandfather.
The accused, a painter, belongs to Bihar. He was produced before a court and remanded in 14 days judicial custody.
The girl's father is an auto-rickshaw driver and lives in Chakkarpur village. The accused also belongs to the same village.
A non-government organisation has come forward to help the family and offered to provide free legal and medical aid to the victim.