The incident was reported on Tuesday. The girl, who does not talk much, had gone to play outside but did not return home, they said.
Normal life was affected in the city on Monday due to a strike called by a religious-cum-separatist organisation against the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in Bandipora district of Jammu and Kashmir. (Representational Image)
New Delhi: A nine-year-old girl was raped allegedly by her neighbour in northwest Delhi’s Swaroop Nagar, following which the accused was arrested, the police said on Wednesday.
The incident was reported on Tuesday. The girl, who does not talk much, had gone to play outside but did not return home, they said.
Her family started looking for her and later two men brought her home. The girl's clothes were wet and when her mother changed her clothes, she saw that she was bleeding from her private parts, police said. The girl informed her ordeal with the help of gestures. During investigation, police learnt that a neighbour was missing. He was later arrested, they said.
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