A Nepalese man, who was absconding since the last four years after raping and trying to kill a six-year-old girl, has been arrested from Delhi Gate, the police said on Sunday.
The 49-year-old accused is a resident of Bharatpur in Nepal’s Chaitwan. He used to work in a garment export house in Okhla and often used to help the victim’s family financially, they said.
Act of revenge
However, after the victim’s father abused him on at least two-three occasions, he planned to teach him a lesson, the police said.
The incident took place on August 10, 2015, they added.
In her complaint, the victim’s mother stated that around 4 p.m., when she had gone to pick up her daughter from school, she came to know that a person aged around 50, who posed as the grandfather of the child, took her daughter along around 1 p.m., Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Mandeep Singh Randhawa said.
The woman suspected the involvement of a tenant who could not be found since the incident, the officer said. Later in the evening, the girl was found in a pool of blood in the jungle near Sanjay Colony, the officer added.
A case was registered at Okhla police station and several teams were formed to trace the accused, the DCP also said.
Investigations revealed that the suspect had gone to Nepal. He was declared a proclaimed offender and a chargesheet was filed on June 6, 2018, the officer said.
After the police team succeeded in locating the accused in Nepal, a secret informer was sent to the country who befriended the accused. Soon, the informer convinced the accused that the case of rape registered against him had been closed and now that he could get the accused a good job in Delhi, the officer added.
When the accused finally agreed to shift to Delhi and the informer alerted the police about the same, he said.
On Saturday, when the accused reached Delhi Gate here, he was arrested, the officer added.
During interrogation, the accused said that on the day of the incident, he had picked up the girl from her school and went to a jungle near Sanjay Colony where he raped her and tried to kill her. He then fled to Nepal.
