Ghaziabad: 15-year-old boy arrested for raping eight-year-old girl

A 15-year-old boy was taken into police custody on Thursday. He is accused of raping an eight-year-old girl in his neighborhood, police said on Friday. The suspect sexually abused the girl twice in his home when her parents were away.

“On both the occasions, the boy attacked the girl at his house in the evening,” said Deputy Superintendent of Police (Shalimar Garden Circle) Siddharth Gautam. The first attack took place on June 15 and was repeated the following day, the officials said. They added that the victim hailed from the same neighbourhood and visited her maternal grandmother’s house near the suspect’s residence. During these visits, the suspect lured the girl to his house where he sexually abused her, the officials said.

Investigators said the girl reported the incident to her parents on June 19, following which the family contacted the police on Thursday. “The boy, a Class 9 student of a local school, was taken into custody. During interrogation, he remained silent about why he had attacked the girl. The victim was sent for medical examination, the reports of which are still pending. She was also taken to the district magistrate to hear her statements under Section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC),” ACP Gautam added.

Based on a complaint from the girl’s parents, a first report card (FIR) for rape under the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has been filed against the suspect, officials said.