25-year-old held for abducting, raping 10-yr-old in central delhi
NEW DELHI, Jan. 23 -- A 25-year-old e-rickshaw driver was arrested earlier last week for allegedly abducting and raping a 10-year-old girl in central Delhi's Prasad Nagar, police said on Thursday.
Police said that the minor, a native of Karnataka, was homeless. She lives with her parents on the footpath and sells flowers at traffic signals.
Police said the incident took place when the girl approached the accused driver, identified as Durgesh, a native of Uttar Pradesh, on January 11, to sell flowers. "He told the girl that he will help her sell all the flowers and took her to a forested area nearby on that pretext. He raped her in the forested area and fled the spot leaving her bleeding and semi-conscious," an investigator said.
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