35-year-old man arrested for allegedly assaulting six-year-old neighbour in Govindpuri

A 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a six-year-old boy in south-east Delhi’s Govindpuri, the police said on Wednesday.

The matter came to the fore on Tuesday when the boy revealed that he had been touched inappropriately by the neighbour Balram Das, alias Kalu, they said.

The minor had gone briefly missing on Sunday, following which a missing person report had been filed by his mother, an officer said. The boy had been located a few hours later on the same day. He was medically examined at AIIMS and later sent to the Boys Care Home at Lajpat Nagar, where he had not disclosed that he had been assaulted.