The police have arrested a 24-year-old man for raping a 16-year-old differently abled girl in north-west Delhi’s Mahendra Park, officers said on Sunday.
The accused lives in a slum cluster in Sarai Pipal Thala and is the girl’s neighbour, the police said.
The police received a call about the incident at the Mahendra Park police station on Saturday. An FIR was lodged under IPC Section 376 (rape) and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, the police said.