A Class 6 girl who stepped out of her Delhi home to buy stationery was allegedly lured inside a shop, restrained and sexually assaulted, police said. The 56-year-old shopkeeper has been arrested.
dThe alleged assault took place in the Sadar Bazaar area. Police learnt of the incident after receiving a PCR call on the night of September 16.
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The accused, identified by police as Maqsood, was arrested and sent to judicial custody the same day after legal formalities were completed.
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Class 6 girl allegedly lured into Sadar Bazaar shop
According to preliminary information gathered by police, the girl left her home at around 11 pm to purchase stationery.
Police alleged that the shopkeeper lured her into a nearby shop. Her hands and legs were then tied, and she was sexually assaulted.
After receiving the PCR call, personnel from Sadar Bazaar police station reached the spot. Officers from the Women Police Station and ACPs also joined the response.
A case was subsequently registered at the North District Women Police Station on the girl’s complaint.
Police said the FIR includes provisions relating to rape and wrongful confinement as well as offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
Further investigation is underway.
Second sexual assault case involving minor in North Delhi
The case has emerged days after the alleged gang-rape and murder of a teenage girl in Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar.
Her decomposed body was discovered in an open field near Kushak Road on September 13. Police subsequently apprehended four people, including three juveniles, in connection with the case.
The Statesman had earlier reported that investigators examined footage from more than 50 CCTV cameras before a tempo seen near the field helped them trace the suspects.
Police said the girl knew the accused. She was allegedly sexually assaulted and stabbed before her body was abandoned in the field. Parts of the body were later found mutilated by stray dogs.
The three juvenile suspects are aged 16 and 17, while the adult accused is 19. Police are seeking to have the juveniles tried as adults in the case.