Cleric arrested for raping minor girl inside mosque in Delhi

A cleric was arrested to allegedly raping a minor girl who had reportedly come to fetch water at a mosque in Delhi.

The Delhi Police on Monday arrested a 48-year-old cleric for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl inside a mosque in northeast Delhi. The cleric, who hails from Bharatpur in Rajasthan, was arrested from the Loni district in Ghaziabad on Monday morning. "The accused was booked under section 376 [rape] of the Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act," police said.