Man Accused Of Raping Five-year Old Girl At US Embassy Complex In New Dehli Arrested

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Man accused of raping five-year old girl at US embassy complex in New Dehli arrested

The five-year old girl is the daughter of a housekeeper at the US embassy in Indian Capital who went there to see her father on Saturday but a man allegedly raped her.

NEW DELHI: (Urdu Point/Pakistan Point News-Feb 6th, 2020) A five-year-old minor girl has been allegedly raped at the US Embassy complex in the Indian capital, the police said on Wednesday, adding a 25-year-old man has been arrested in this connection.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Pragya told IANS on Wednesday that the incident took place around 9 a.m. on Saturday morning.

The incident came to light when the victim’s mother, whose husband works as a housekeeper at the embassy, reported it.

“The child lived with the family in the quarters inside the embassy. The child’s father is a housekeeper there. The police registered an FIR at Chanakyapuri police station soon after receiving the information about the incident,” ACP Pragya said.

A case has been registered against the accused under the rape and POCSO Act, the police officer said.

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