Ashok Kumar
NEW DELHI: Three minor girls – ranging in age from three to 11 years -- have allegedly been criminally assaulted in different parts of the Capital in the past 48 hours. In all the three cases the accused were known to the victims and have been arrested.
A four-year-old girl, whose father is a mason, was lured by a labourer promising toffee and was allegedly criminally assaulted at Sultanpuri here on Friday night. “The accused Khemchand (22) worked with the victim’s father and was thus known to her. On Friday night, he lured away the girl to his jhuggi and criminally assaulted her. The victim narrated the whole incident to her parents and Khemchand was arrested on the basis of their complaint,” said a police officer.
A three-year-old girl was criminally assaulted allegedly by an 18-year-old neighbour at Nangloi on Friday night. The accused is a labourer and has been arrested following the incident.
In the third incident, an 11-year-old girl was criminally assaulted allegedly by her 45-year-old foster maternal-uncle Mahender Singh at Sarai Rohilla on Thursday night. “The victim had gone to call him at a packaging factory, where the accused worked as a labourer, when he criminally assaulted her on Thursday night,” said a police officer. The matter was reported to the police on Friday and the accused was arrested.
