Delhi cab driver rapes, kills minor girl in Mehrauli, body found at Faridabad-Gurugram road

Delhi Police said the deceased was homeless and sleeping on the footpath with her family members when she was allegedly kidnapped by the accused.

Updated on: Jun 23, 2026, 19:39:08 IST

By Jignasa Sinha

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An 11-year-old-girl was abducted, sexually assaulted and murdered by a cab driver on Monday. The incident took place in south Delhi’s Mehrauli area, police said.

The minor was kidnapped around 5am on Monday and the accused took her to an isolated spot where he allegedly raped her. (Getty | Representative)

Police said the deceased was homeless and sleeping on the footpath with her family members when she was kidnapped by the accused. The driver has been arrested, police said.

According to police, the minor was kidnapped around 5am on Monday and the accused took her to an isolated spot where he allegedly raped her.

“We are not sure about the sequence of events. However, it is suspected that the accused later decided to drop the minor back to Mehrauli area but after seeing police, he fled with her”, a senior police official said.

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Police said the parents of the minor called Delhi Police around 7am.

“The girl was alive but he later took her to the forest area in Mehrauli and strangled her to death”, the police official added.

Police said multiple teams were pressed into action and after scanning CCTV footage, the minor girl was spotted with the accused. Police said the man was arrested on Monday night.

During interrogation, police said the cab driver kidnapped the girl and murdered her. Her body was found at Faridabad Gurugram road, said the police.

The minor’s body has been sent for a post mortem to ascertain the exact cause of death. According to police, it has been confirmed that the minor was allegedly sexually assaulted before murder.

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Jignasa Sinha
Jignasa Sinha is a Special Correspondent at Hindustan Times in New Delhi. With more than six years of reporting experience, she covers crime and policing in the national capital. Her beats also include Delhi prisons, the Delhi Fire Services and Delhi courts, while she regularly reports on gender, labour and social justice. Over the course of her career, Jignasa has reported on major criminal investigations, international crime syndicates, high-profile cyber fraud cases, law-and-order developments, protests, disasters and public institutions. Her reporting combines breaking news with in-depth, long form, human interest stories that examine the human impact of public policy, policing and the criminal justice system. In addition to reporting for the newspaper, she contributes to the Hindustan Times website and app, and plays an active role in coordinating on-ground coverage of major developments and breaking news across Delhi. Before joining Hindustan Times, Jignasa worked at The Indian Express newspaper in New Delhi, where she spent five years covering crime, Delhi airport, courts and health. She began her journalism career as an intern at an AI magazine in Bengaluru while pursuing her postgraduate diploma in multimedia journalism at the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media.Read More

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