Mentally challenged minor raped

A 22-year-old man sexually assaulted a mentally challenged minor girl while she was attending to nature's call in south-east Delhi's Govindpuri area, late on Thursday night. The grandmother of the girl caught the accused red-handed. He was then beaten up by the locals, who later handed him over to the police.

According to the cops, the incident was reported from the Navjeevan camp area. The grandmother of the victim caught the accused in his undergarments, while the girl was lying on a bed without her clothes.

The grandmother told the police that the girl had consumed a sleeping pill. A case under appropriate sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered at the Govindpuri police station, police said.