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Nine-year-old raped in Delhi, dies in hospital
New Delhi, July 15
A nine-year-old girl who
was raped by a 42-year-old man two days ago in east Delhi's Khajoori
Khas area, died in a hospital on Wednesday.
Police said the
child's attacker, identified as Muneer, a next door neighbour, has been
arrested, but the girl died in the morning.
"The incident took
place on Monday around 6.30 p.m. when the girl, who studies in Class
III, was playing in front of her house," a police official said.
"Muneer
approached them and lured her on the pretext of showing something
unique. He then gagged her mouth and took her to a nearby secluded
place, where he allegedly raped her," the official said.
"After
the girl complained of fever and headache to her parents, they took her
to nearby Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital. After preliminary investigation it
was confirmed by the doctors that she was raped and the police were
informed," the official added.
Police registered a case under
Sections 376 (Punishment for rape) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and
3/4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO)
at Khajoori Khas police station.