Tension in Delhi’s Peeragarhi after neighbour rapes 3-year-old

After the girl’s father raised allegations that the suspect was from a different community, the district police increased deployment in the area to avoid any communal tension. However, the police said that they have found no such communal angle during the probe so far, they added.

Deputy commissioner of police (outer) Jimmy Chiram said that their control room received a call regarding the minor’s rape in Peeragarhi village around noon. “Immediately, a police team reached the location. The minor girl was shifted to the Sanjay Gandhi hospital,” he said.

The girl’s father, a 30-year-old rickshaw puller, said that he left for work around 9 am and his wife, an infant daughter and the victim were at home. The suspect is a next-door neighbour and lives with his brother and sister-in-law in the house, while his wife and children live in their native village. “My wife gave birth to our younger daughter just 15 days ago. She was resting when our elder daughter went outside the house. The suspect lured her on the pretext of giving her chocolates. He took her to the room where he raped her,” the father said.