New Delhi | Eight people, including a juvenile, gang-raped a 13-year-old girl in the national capital. The police have arrested four persons, identified as Mohit (20), Akash (19), Shahrukh (20) and a juvenile, in this case. Deputy Commissioner of Police (South District) Banita Mary Jacker said that the victim had gone to the market to buy vegetables on April 24 at around 5 pm.
“The girl took an auto to Shani Bazar which was about 2 km from her house,” the DCP said.
Shahrukh was driving the auto and instead of dropping him at Shani Bazar, he called two of his friends Akash and a teenager and took him to a secluded place in Okhla, where they gave him an intoxicant drink and raped him in the auto.
They then took the victim to JJ Camp at Tigri, where another youth, identified as Salman Chesi, and four other youths raped the victim again and kept her there for the whole night.
The next morning, Salman Chesi along with four of his friends took the victim to Kosi Kalan in Mathura.
“They kept the girl there for a day and on the next day i.e. on April 26, they brought her back to Delhi and kept her in Tigri till April 30,” the DCP said.
Meanwhile, on April 26, the police received a complaint of kidnapping of the girl and an FIR was registered. But the police did not trace him.
On May 1, the victim herself reached Saket metro station. On the same day the police got information about the whole incident and later the rapist juvenile was caught.
“Kishor confessed to his crime and at his behest, two more people — Mohit and Akash — were arrested. All of them confessed to their involvement in the crime, but could not reveal the identity of the girl,” the officer said.
A day later, on May 2, the police received a call from a woman who was standing near the Saket metro station. The police had pasted posters of the missing girl at Saket metro station, in which the number of the investigating officer was also shown. The caller said that the missing girl was standing next to him.
Police reached Saket metro station and the victim girl was handed over to a lady police officer for further investigation.
“The girl’s medical examination was done at AIIMS. The report confirmed that the girl has been sexually assaulted,” the official said.
In the FIR registered earlier, the police added the relevant sections of the IPC as well as the POCSO Act.
The police are yet to arrest the rest of the accused. The auto in which the victim was abducted and taken away is not yet known.
