18-year-old raped and impregnated; complaint filed | Latest News Delhi

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An 18-year-old woman was allegedly raped multiple times in a garden in Mehrauli, south Delhi, last year and until February this year, when she was 17. On Saturday, it was subsequently revealed that she was four months pregnant, police said.

Police said the woman and the suspect knew each other for over one and a half years and the suspect had sexually assaulted her at several locations in the city. They came to know about the incident after the woman’s mother took her to Safdarjung Hospital to terminate her pregnancy.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Ankit Chauhan said, “On Saturday, we received an MLC from Safdarjung Hospital stating that an 18-year-old girl was admitted by her mother to terminate her pregnancy. The woman said she was a minor when she met a boy who forced himself on her in Mehrauli area this year and last year.”

Police said that after the woman became pregnant, the accused left the place and hid her pregnancy for months but then fell ill and confided in her mother. The woman is unemployed and her mother works odd jobs to support the family, police said.

“She has been counselled by DCW and our investigating officer. A case of rape under sections of the POCSO Act has been registered. The woman has only given the name of the accused. We have no further details… The matter is under investigation,” Chauhan said.