A 20-year-old visually impaired woman was allegedly raped at her residence in central Delhi’s Dev Nagar on Saturday night, the police said.
The police said they were able to arrest the accused neighbour, a 22-year-old rickshaw puller, within minutes of being informed about the incident.
“A police team reached the spot after a PCR call was made. Based on the details told by the victim, the accused was arrested from the same area. He was produced before a Magistrate and sent to judicial custody,” said DCP (Central) Mandeep Singh Randhawa.
The police said the woman was alone at her residence when the alleged incident happened. The woman said the accused came to the house and told her to come with him as her mother had met with an accident.
Vacant shanty
He then took her to a vacant shanty in the area and sexually assaulted her, said the police. The mother told the police that the woman would not generally open the door for anyone but since the neighbour was a frequent visitor she let him in. After the assault, the accused threatened her not to reveal the incident.
The victim’s mother told the police that her daughter lost her eyesight after an accident when she was around nine years old.
“After that she stopped going to school and stayed home,” the mother added.
On Saturday, when the victim’s mother returned home she saw her daughter crying. Initially, the mother thought that she had injured herself. When she asked the victim what was wrong, the woman narrated her ordeal.
“The mother of the woman called the police and registered a complaint at Desh Bandhu Gupta Road police station. The woman was sent for medical examination. We have registered an FIR under Section 376 [rape] of the Indian Penal Code,” added Mr. Randhawa.
