Man arrested for raping 4-year-old girl in west Delhi

Police arrested a man for allegedly raping the four-year-old daughter of his tenant in west Delhi, police said on Saturday.

Police arrested a man for allegedly raping the four-year-old daughter of his tenant in west Delhi, police said on Saturday.

A four-year-old girl was raped by the landlord of her house on the pretext of giving her chocolates. (Representative Photo)

The incident took place on Friday when the girl was alone at her house in Sagar Pur colony. Her mother, who works as a nurse at a private hospital, and her father, who is an employee in an airline, had gone to work. The accused lured the girl on the pretext of giving her chocolates, police said.

“The mother found the girl unconscious when she returned from her job at noon,” said a police officer.

On the girl’s statement, the landlord Monti Singh, 35, was arrested on charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.