Meerut, Feb. 21 -- In a horrific case of child sexual abuse, a 62-year-old man has been arrested for the alleged repeated rape of a 14-year-old girl who was his neighbour in the Pilkhuwa Kotwali area here. The accused has been identified as Islam, and the girl delivered a baby at home on the intervening night of February 14 and 15.

According to police and details from the FIR, the accused, mentioned as a neighbour and in some accounts a cleric, allegedly sexually assaulted the minor multiple times over several months when she was alone at home. He reportedly threatened to kill or harm her if she told anyone about her ordeal.

On February 14, the girl experienced sudden severe abdominal pain. Her family initially took her to a private hos...