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14-Year-Old Accuses Delhi Women And Child Development Officer Of Rape

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A senior official of the Delhi government’s Women and Child Development (WCD) Department has been booked for raping a minor over several months and impregnating her.

The official’s wife has also been booked for forcing the victim to take abortion pills, leading to the termination of her pregnancy, the police said on Sunday.

An FIR was lodged in the case at the Burari police station on August 13, in which the couple was booked under IPC sections pertaining to rape, criminal intimidation, insulting a woman’s modesty, causing hurt, causing miscarriage without consent, criminal conspiracy, and common intention, along with the relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. No arrests have been made so far.