India News | Teenage Boy Held for Raping, Impregnating 12-year-old Relative in Delhi
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A teenage boy has been apprehended for allegedly raping and impregnating a 12-year-old relative in north Delhi, a police officer said on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Jul 5 (PTI) A teenage boy has been apprehended for allegedly raping and impregnating a 12-year-old relative in north Delhi, a police officer said on Tuesday.
According to a complaint filed with the police, the girl was raped by the teenage boy in November last year when he had come to Delhi to attend a relative's marriage and stayed at her house, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi said.
Recently, the girl started having stomach pains and was taken to a hospital by her mother.
Her mother filed the police complaint after it emerged that she was pregnant, the police officer said.
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The FIR was registered under section 376 (punishment for rape) of the IPC and relevant provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and the 16-year-old boy was apprehended on Monday.
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