New Delhi: A 13-year-old girl was brutally raped and dumped near a railway track in South-east Delhi’s Pul Prahladpur area allegedly by a teenager who lives in her neighbourhood, police said on Wednesday.
The minor girl — who is an orphan and mentally challenged — is admitted in AIIMS and her condition is stated to be stable now. “The accused, whose age is being verified, was apprehended today,” Joint Commissioner of Police R P Upadhyay said. The victim lives with her maternal aunt at a village near Pul Prahladpur. She went missing on May 17, and a search operation was conducted but she could not be found.
In the wee hours of May 18, locals spotted the girl lying unconscious near the railway track and raised an alarm, a senior police official said. She was then rushed to AIIMS where doctors confirmed the sexual assault and a case was registered under relevant IPC sections and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences. (PTI)
