Overview
- A PCR call around 5:30 pm on December 3 alerted authorities after neighbors heard the four-year-old crying in outer north Delhi's Bawana.
- Officers found the child injured and moved her first to Satyawadi Raja Harish Chandra Hospital, then referred her to Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital.
- Forensic and crime teams examined the scene, photographed it, and collected samples as part of the ongoing probe.
- An FIR was registered under the POCSO Act and relevant Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections, with kidnapping provisions added following initial forensic and crime team reports.
- The accused, a local resident named Rizwan (reported as Rizwan Alam), has been arrested and remanded to judicial custody while counselling for the victim continues.