Overview

• The three suspects—a 35-year-old ironer, a 50-year-old security guard, and a 55-year-old driver—were arrested on June 18 after the girl’s father reported her persistent illness and doctors confirmed assault.
• Police have charged the men under sections 65, 74, and 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and corresponding POCSO provisions for rape, assault and kidnapping.
• The nine-year-old victim, a Class 1 student living with her domestic-worker father and two siblings in Noida’s Sector 21, is now stable and receiving medical care.
• Investigators say the accused were regular visitors to the family’s home who allegedly abused their access to target the child on multiple occasions.
• The case has prompted calls for stronger safeguards for minors in domestic settings and a thorough inquiry into potential wider patterns of abuse.