delhi: 2 held for raping minor after forcing her to drink
New Delhi, Dec. 26 -- Two men, including a private bank employee, have been arrested for the gang rape of a 13-year-old girl near Samaypur Badli in outer Delhi, police said on Thursday .
Police identified the suspects as Narottam alias Neta, 28, who runs a barber shop near his house in Raja Vihar and is known to the girl and her family, and Rishabh Jha, 26, who works in a private bank and lives with his family in Badli jhuggi-jhopri (JJ) camp.
Based on the girl's detailed statement and her medical examination report, the two were booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) section 70 (gang-rape) and section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on Sunday, the police said. They were arrested the same day, said deputy commissioner of police (outer-north) Hareshwar Swami.
The incident took place on Saturday, when the two accused took the victim Narottam's residence, forced her to consume alcohol and then raped her, police said.
Later, the victim's family called the police and informed them that she had been coerced into drinking alcohol....
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