40-yr-old man arrested for raping infant in Delhi

A 40-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a six-month-old girl in Delhi.

A 40-year-old man was arrested following a brief gunfight on Saturday for allegedly raping a six-month-old girl in northwest Delhi’s Samaypur Badli area, police said.

His friend, who is also charged with raping the infant’s teenage sister, is absconding, they said.

Police identified the arrested man as Kamal Malhotra alias Chinu, a resident of Jahangirpuri, and the absconding accused as Raj alias Raju.

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The complainant informed the police that she had two daughters one is 14 years old and intellectually disabled, and another six months old and that she did not find them as she returned home after work on Friday evening.

She heard screams in the neighbourhood and found Chinu and Raju allegedly raping her daughters. On seeing the woman, they fled from the spot, the police said, referring to the complaint.

The girls were taken to hospital for treatment. Thereafter, an FIR was registered and investigation taken up, police said.