According to the police, the incident took place on Sunday morning when the nine-year-old girl was alone at her residence as her parents had stepped out for work.
A minor girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 30-year-old man in South-West Delhi's Sagarpur area on Sunday. The accused was later arrested by the police and sent to the jail.
According to the police, the incident took place on Sunday morning when the nine-year-old girl was alone at her residence as her parents had stepped out for work. The accused identified as Lovkush, who works as labourer, came to the girl's house in the morning. On finding her alone, he took her to a room and assaulted her.
"The accused man had started removing the clothes of the girl after which she panicked and started crying. Her mother, who was approaching the house, heard her daughter cry and rushed to the room. She saw the accused trying to assault her daughter and had already removed her clothes," said a senior police officer.
On the basis of the complaint filed by the mother of the girl, a case under section 8 and 10 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) 2012 has been registered at the Sagarpur police station. The girl resided with her family in the Jagdamba Vihar area. The police are verifying the antecedents of the accused. He is currently in judicial custody.
Earlier this month, a 19-year-old woman from Delhi has accused a man of repeatedly raping and assaulting her by confining her in a room at his residence in Sultanpuri on March 30. The victim said she managed to flee the residence and came to her house on April 9.
DNA had earlier reported that the Capital witnessed increased numbers of murders, rapes, thefts and fatal accidents in the first quarter of 2018, than last year, a Delhi Police data shows. However, heinous crimes, in all, have remained less than it was in 2017, in the first three months of the year.
According to the data, in 2018, up to March 31, the city police recorded 130 cases of murder which was 127 last year. 487 cases of rape were registered this quarter while the number remained 465 in 2017.
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