Woman, minor daughter raped by landlord in Nangloi; suspect on run, say cops

Deputy commissioner of police (outer) Parvinder Singh said the police control room received a call alerting them about the alleged crime on Wednesday, and a team was dispatched immediately.

A 35-year-old woman and her 12-year-old daughter were allegedly raped by their 73-year-old landlord in outer Delhi’s Nangloi area on Tuesday. Police said investigations in the case are ongoing and an arrest is yet to be made.

According to the woman, on Tuesday evening, while she was in her first floor house, the landlord came there and raped her. (HT File/Representative Photo)

Deputy commissioner of police (outer) Parvinder Singh said the police control room received a call alerting them about the alleged crime on Wednesday, and a team was dispatched immediately. “A call was received at the Nangloi police station that a woman and her daughter were raped by their landlord in Nangloi area. The caller stated that both were admitted to Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital,” said the DCP.

Police said that initially, doctors refused to examine the mother and daughter and did so only after the police reached the hospital. Police, however, did not reveal the details of the examination findings.

The two were then counselled and their statements were recorded. According to the woman’s statement, they shifted to the Nangloi house barely three months ago. Police said the woman did not have an Aadhaar card before she moved to Nangloi, and got one made at her present address only recently. The whereabouts of the woman’s husband are unknown, they added.

“Further investigations in the case are ongoing,” Singh said.