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Delhi Police Arrest Co-Tenant in Alleged Rape of Toddler in Bijwasan

Police have arrested a co-tenant accused of assaulting a toddler in southwest Delhi under POCSO.

A PCR call was received at Kapashera police station this morning regarding the assault.
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The FIR has been lodged following the statement of the mother of the victim. (HT Photo)

Overview

  • The accused was identified by police as Sudhir alias Bittu, 32, a native of Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh.
  • The mother told officers she heard her daughter crying, forced open the locked room, and found the child bleeding with clothes removed.
  • Police said the man appeared intoxicated and was apprehended at the scene by residents before being handed over to officers.
  • The child underwent medical examination at a hospital and remains admitted under observation.
  • A case under rape provisions and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act has been registered, evidence was collected by a crime team, and the suspect is in custody with interrogation underway to check his background.