Man rapes, kills minor; nabbed after 10 days

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Man rapes, kills minor; nabbed after 10 days

Tuesday, 25 June 2019 | Staff Reporter | NEW DELHI

The Delhi Police has arrested a 28-year-old man who had allegedly raped and then strangled a seven-year-old to death in outer Delhi’s Narela area. The incident had occurred on June 14.

The accused Imran a resident of Swarn Jayanti Vihar, Tikri Khurd, after offering ‘frooti’ took the girl to a sewage plant at a park in Tikri Khurd where he strangulated the minor girl with bare hands after raping her. The accused was arrested on Sunday.

According to Gaurav Sharma, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Outer North district, the minor girl was reported missing on June 15.

“The next day, the body of the girl was found at an abandoned water sewage plant in Swarn Jayanti Vihar in outer Delhi’s Narela. The post-mortem report confirmed that the girl was raped and then strangulated to death,” said the DCP. 

“Investigation revealed the involvement of the neighbour in connection with the incident following which he was apprehended,” said the DCP.

“During interrogation, the accused told the police that his wife was not home since couple of days. He was under the influence of alcohol. When he spotted the girl, he offered her ‘frooti’ and took her to a water sewage plant and raped her,” said the DCP. 

“The families of seven-old old girl and accused have known to each other since long as both the families shifted from Shahadra (where they were neighbours) to Swarn Jayanti Vihar,” the DCP added.

“The minor girl often spoke to accused and called him Mama. The accused also used to give her toffees and eatables. The father of girl was in an illicit relationship with the sister of accused and both were caught red handed earlier,” the DCP said.

“The accused is a driver by profession but since the last few months he was working at a pickle manufacturing factory where he used to cut mangoes. The father of the deceased sells spices at Seelampur,” the DCP added.

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