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10 held for assault of minors in Rohini

According to police, it has also slapped the IT Act on the 10 persons besides the POCSO ACT in this connection.

New Delhi: A day after the brutal assault and sexual abuse of two minors in Rohini’s Shahbad Dairy, the police has arrested 10 persons, including the prime suspect, on Sunday.

According to police, it has also slapped the IT Act on the 10 persons besides the POCSO ACT in this connection. A police officer privy to the probe said that the prime suspect has been identified as Kunwar Singh.

Though the official arrest and the procedure is still underway, all the suspects in this gory incident have been detained.

The incident had come to light on Saturday after a PCR call was made from Ambedkar Hospital, following which the police had ordered an inquest into the same. The police has also added IT Act in this case as the culprits had allegedly circulated the nude video of the two minors where they were seen paraded naked. The assaulters had burnt the duo with plastics, sexually abused them by forcing them to perform sodomy, and also allegedly sprinkled petrol and chilli powder on their private parts.

The incident had taken place on the morning of October 26 in Shahbad Dairy’s Holambi area. The assailants allegedly shot a video of the entire torture and later circulated it on social media.

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