Overview

• The accused has been identified as Md Firoz alias Suhel, a 39-year-old graduate who was unemployed at the time of his arrest.
• According to the complaint, late-night attacks on August 11 and August 14 took place in the family’s Hauz Qazi home after their return from a Saudi Arabia pilgrimage.
• The victim alleges that her son threatened her with a knife and scissors, locked her in a room and forced her to remove her burqa before the assaults.
• Out of fear and shame the survivor delayed reporting the incidents until mid-August when her younger daughter persuaded her to approach police.
• Delhi Police have taken the accused into custody under the BNS rape provision and officers say they are gathering evidence and interviewing witnesses as the investigation continues.