An 11-year-old girl, selling roses at traffic signals in central Delhi, was kidnapped, raped and left unconscious in a forest area by an e-rickshaw driver, police said on Thursday.
After having analysed footage from nearly 300 CCTVs installed across multiple routes, police arrested the accused, Durgesh, aged around 40 years. The incident occurred on January 11 in the Prasad Nagar area, where the girl was standing at a red light selling roses. The accused stopped his e-rickshaw after dropping off passengers.
“When the child approached him to sell flowers, he lured her with the promise of helping her sell all the roses and made her sit inside the vehicle,” a senior police officer said.
The accused took the girl to a forest area near Professor Ram Nath Vij Marg and raped her. Believing her to be dead, Durgesh fled and left the girl unconscious and bleeding, police said. After regaining consciousness, the girl managed to reach her family. Alarmed by her blood-soaked condition, they immediately took her to a hospital and informed the police.
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