New Delhi:
A 12-year-old girl was raped allegedly by her teenaged neighbour in west Delhi this morning after dragging her to his house while she was going to a nearby shop, police said.
The incident took place in Kamruddin Mohalla locality of Nihal Vihar area yesterday morning when the victim was going to a nearby grocery shop.
The boy, aged 17 years, is on the run, a senior police official said.
"She was going to a grocery shop to buy something when the boy stopped her and tried to lure her. She objected to this after which he forcibly took her to his house. He then raped her," the official said.
According to the victim, the official said, he threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the incident.
Initially, she did not tell anyone about the incident, but when her father returned home she narrated the entire story.
The father, in turn, approached the police, who took her to a hospital where a medical examination confirmed rape.
A case has been registered and efforts are on to trace the boy who works as a labourer.
The official said locals have claimed that the boy had been harassing the girl for the past couple of days and that the girl's father as well as the neighbours had reprimanded him.
Around 30 rape cases were reported in the capital this year so far.
The city has witnessed a sharp increase in rape and molestation cases last year since 2007.
In 2010, the city witnessed 489 rape incidents, including the infamous Dhaula Kuan rape and Mongolpuri, as against 2009's 459. The figures for 2006 was 609 followed by a drop to 581 next year while in 2008 it further dipped to 466.
Almost similar was the case with molestation cases in the capital in these years but it showed an increase in 2010 to 585 from the previous year's 532. While 2008 had 597 cases, there were 835 incidents in 2007 and 713 in 609.
In over 90 per cent of such cases, the accused were known to victims.
In 46 per cent of the rape cases reported last year, the accused were relatives or friends while 45 per cent were neighbours.
The incident took place in Kamruddin Mohalla locality of Nihal Vihar area yesterday morning when the victim was going to a nearby grocery shop.
The boy, aged 17 years, is on the run, a senior police official said.
"She was going to a grocery shop to buy something when the boy stopped her and tried to lure her. She objected to this after which he forcibly took her to his house. He then raped her," the official said.
According to the victim, the official said, he threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the incident.
Initially, she did not tell anyone about the incident, but when her father returned home she narrated the entire story.
The father, in turn, approached the police, who took her to a hospital where a medical examination confirmed rape.
A case has been registered and efforts are on to trace the boy who works as a labourer.
The official said locals have claimed that the boy had been harassing the girl for the past couple of days and that the girl's father as well as the neighbours had reprimanded him.
Around 30 rape cases were reported in the capital this year so far.
The city has witnessed a sharp increase in rape and molestation cases last year since 2007.
In 2010, the city witnessed 489 rape incidents, including the infamous Dhaula Kuan rape and Mongolpuri, as against 2009's 459. The figures for 2006 was 609 followed by a drop to 581 next year while in 2008 it further dipped to 466.
Almost similar was the case with molestation cases in the capital in these years but it showed an increase in 2010 to 585 from the previous year's 532. While 2008 had 597 cases, there were 835 incidents in 2007 and 713 in 609.
In over 90 per cent of such cases, the accused were known to victims.
In 46 per cent of the rape cases reported last year, the accused were relatives or friends while 45 per cent were neighbours.
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