Three minor girls, aged around 4 and 5 years, were raped by persons known to them, in different parts of the city, who have been arrested, police said today.
A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her 22 year old neighbour in Shahabad area of west Delhi in the afternoon today.
"A case under relevant Sections of IPC and POCSO Act has been registered in the case at Shahabad Dairy police station and the accused arrested, said a senior police officer.
The mother of the victim had dropped her at a neighbour's place after picking her up from her school in the afternoon. While the woman had gone to bring back her younger daughter from a different school, the girl was taken away by the accused and raped, he said.
The accused who lived in the same lane as the victim was caught by the locals who were alarmed by the shrieks of the girl. He was beaten up and then handed over to police who were called by a neighbour.
The accused was a school drop out and a jobless local youth who was known to victim as she lived just 2-3 houses apart from him, said the officer.
The other incident of rape with a 4 year old girl came from Ranhola area in west Delhi, where a 30 year old neighbour of the victim has been arrested by the police.
Police said that the girl and accused lived in the same building. On Saturday evening while mother of the girl was busy in a phone call, she went upstairs to the room of the accused. Later, her mother alerted by the cries of her daughter rushed to find her sexually assaulted by the accused identified as Sanjay, who worked as a labourer.
The mother of the girl narrated the incident to her husband who came back from his work in the night. He confronted the accused with other locals and they beat him up before calling the police.
A case under relevant Sections of IPC and POCSO Act has been registered at Ranhola police station and the accused arrested by police.
In the third incident a five-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by her 18 year old cousin in Ghazipur area of east Delhi on yesterday, police said.
The accused who had visited the residence of his maternal aunt had been caught while assaulting the girl and was handed over to the police.
A case was of rape and POCSO act provisions was registered and accused was arrested, said a police officer.
"Just met 7 year old girl raped yesterday by 22 year old boy in Ghazipur. Has bled profusely. Delhi is shamelessly rape capital of the world," Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Maliawal said in her tweet.
"Another 4 year old raped by 30 year old man. Another day. Another Nirbhaya. Has system changed? Is anyone trying? Is anyone listening?, she wrote in another tweet.
