Youth arrested for raping 15-year-old mentally ill girl

  • | Saturday | 2nd February, 2019

GHAZIABAD: A man in his early 20s was arrested early Friday for allegedly raping a 15-year-old mentally challenged girl in Ghaziabad’s Kavi Nagar area on January 28.Police said the girl, a Class VI student, was alone at her home when she was raped since her parents had gone to their native place in Hapur and her younger brother had gone out of the house for some work.Scared, the girl did not tell anyone about the crime but some children living in the neighbourhood told her parents on Thursday evening that a man had stealthily entered their house when they were away. On questioning their daughter, she narrated them the entire matter.The accused has been identified as Sonu, who used to live in the neighbourhood and worked as an automobile mechanic.Police said Sonu allegedly entered the house in an inebriated state while the girl’s brother was away.The girl’s father, who works as a TV mechanic, filed a complaint against Sonu and an FIR was subsequently registered under Section 376 ( rape ) of the IPC and also under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) act.Sonu was produced in a local court on Friday that sent him to jail.

GHAZIABAD: A man in his early 20s was arrested early Friday for allegedly raping a 15-year-old mentally challenged girl in Ghaziabad’s Kavi Nagar area on January 28.Police said the girl, a Class VI student, was alone at her home when she was raped since her parents had gone to their native place in Hapur and her younger brother had gone out of the house for some work.Scared, the girl did not tell anyone about the crime but some children living in the neighbourhood told her parents on Thursday evening that a man had stealthily entered their house when they were away. On questioning their daughter, she narrated them the entire matter.The accused has been identified as Sonu, who used to live in the neighbourhood and worked as an automobile mechanic.Police said Sonu allegedly entered the house in an inebriated state while the girl’s brother was away.The girl’s father, who works as a TV mechanic, filed a complaint against Sonu and an FIR was subsequently registered under Section 376 ( rape ) of the IPC and also under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) act.Sonu was produced in a local court on Friday that sent him to jail.

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