rickshaw puller held for rape of 12-year-old neighbour girl
New Delhi, Aug. 14 -- A 12-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 30-year-old rickshaw puller who lives near her house in outer Delhi's Ranhola on at least two occasions, police said on Tuesday. The accused, identified as Om Prakash, has been arrested.
A police officer aware of the matter said the incident was reported on Monday by the girl's parents who said that their daughter, in class 7, went missing on Sunday. "They began looking for her and finally, after about four hour, they found her distressed near the house," the officer said.
When asked where she had been, she kept quiet at first but later confided in her parents that Om Prakash had taken her to a secluded place on Sunday afternoon and raped her, police said.
"She also told her ...
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