Noida: A 23-year-old man was arrested on Sunday morning for allegedly raping his five-year-old niece in Greater Noida’s Jarcha area. According to the police, the accused had lured the child by offering her a burger and then took her to a nearby agricultural field, where he raped her. The accused also attempted to strangle the girl but escaped the scene when she screamed.
Police said that the accused lived in the same locality as the victim in the Jarcha area. According to an officer, the girl's maternal uncle approached her while she was playing outside at around 5:30pm on Saturday. The police officer said, ''On the pretext of offering her a burger, the suspect took her to a field about 500 metres from their house and sexually assaulted her,'' as quoted by Hindustan Times.
The officer further said that after the assault, the man tried to strangle the child, but her screams prompted him to abandon her and escape. The girl returned to her house, where her mother found her crying and noticed the bloodstains.
After knowing about the assault, the family initially tried to find the suspect but later filed a complaint at the Jarcha police station. Amit Pratap Singh (ACP) said that a case was registered against the man under sections 64 (rape) and 109 (attempt to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with the Prevention of child sexual offences Act (POCSO).
He said, ''Following a night-long search, the suspect was arrested on Sunday morning near the railway line in Jarcha,'' quoted HT. The girl received medical treatment on Saturday on Saturday night and is reported to be in stable condition.