A 15-year-old girl, who stayed overnight at a government hospital to look after her brother, was allegedly raped by a nursing orderly late on Sunday night.
The accused, identified as 24-year-old Manjeet, was handed over to the police after being caught red-handed. He has been booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
The alleged incident happened in Delhi Government’s Sanjay Gandhi Hospital. The girl’s five-year-old brother, who was suffering from breathing problems, had been admitted to the hospital a few days ago. Since another of her brother was ill, too, on Sunday, her parents requested her to take care of the brother who had already been hospitalised.
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Around midnight, her brother’s condition started worsening and she decided to seek help. “As the girl was walking in the corridors, the nursing orderly allegedly pulled her into a room and raped her,” said a senior police officer.