New Delhi, Sep 5 (PTI) A 24-year-old man was caught whilehe was trying to rape a four-year-old girl in West Delhi’sUttam Nagar area this morning. The accused was known to the girl’s family and was livingtwo-three houses away from the victim’s house. He took the girl to a nearby park while she was playingoutside her house in the Hastasal area where he tried to rapeher between 11 am and noon. A passerby saw the incident andraised an alarm. People from the vicinity gathered there and thrashed theaccused who was later handed over to the police. A case under section 363 (punishment for kidnapping) andrelevant sections of POCSO has been registered against the24-year-old, said a senior police officer. The girl’s parents and the accused are neighbours inHastasal and come from the same village in Bihar, added theofficer. The accused is a distant relative of the girl’sfamily, police said. PTI SLBKUN
Man caught while trying to rape four-year-old girl
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