4-Year-Old Girl Raped by Tuition Teacher's Brother, Delhi Police Releases Statement in Case

New Delhi: A four-year-old girl was raped by a 34-year-old man in the Pandav Nagar area of New Delhi at her tuition centre. The accused, who is her tuition teacher's brother, has been arrested, said the police. Heavy police force and paramilitary personnel have been deployed at the location after the incident in light of the festival of Holi and the sensitive nature of the crime. The victim's family members and other people in the area protested and demanded action against the accused.

The situation is under control and the girl is now safe, said the police. The accused is said to be of a different community than the victim and is in custody. The Delhi Police has released a detailed official statement on the rape case, as follows.

Delhi Police Statement on Four-Year-Old's Rape

"This is with reference to the unfortunate incident of sexual assault on a minor child reported in PS Mandawali, East District, Delhi.

While condemning the most heinous crime which deserves no mercy, it is necessary to mention here that police has acted with utmost alacrity and sensitivity in the matter; based upon information received at 0236 hrs of 24/03/2024, case FIR No. 176/24, under sections 4/6 POCSO Act and 376 IPC has been registered at PS Mandawali, the offender/accused namely Armaan, s/o Zulfiqar, aged 34 yrs, r/o C-18, near Radha Krishna Mandir, Delhi – 92 has been arrested and after being produced before the concerned court, remanded to judicial custody.

The victim has been provided medical assistance at AIIMS, New Delhi and is presently recuperating under expert medical care. Her counselling is being done and criminal psychologists are attending to her so that she recovers from the trauma at the earliest.

A team of experienced investigators is working on the case, requests shall be made for appointing a Special Prosecutor to present a robust case before the Trial Court and the Hon’ble Delhi High Court shall be requested on the administrative side to assign the case to a fast-track court with the mandate to carry out a day-to-day hearing of the matter for earliest possible conviction of the accused with maximum possible sentence."

Earlier in the day, Sagar Singh Kalsi, Additional Commissioner of Police, Delhi Eastern Range, said, "In Mandawali Police Station, yesterday a complaint was received that a 4-year-old girl was raped by a 34-year-old man at the place where she goes for tuition. We have registered a case and the man was arrested. In this area, a rumour was spread that no actions were being taken so people gathered, we also got to know about some incidents of vandalism. Police reached the spot and now the situation is peaceful. The girl is also safe."

The incident happened on Saturday, March 23. The child victim has been referred to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi from the Lal Bahadur Shastri Hospital.

More details of the case are awaited as the police investigate further.