New Delhi, Aug 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi Police on Monday conducted a probe at the residence of the senior city government official who has been booked on the charges of raping a minor girl.
According to a senior official, the police team arrived at the residence in Burari earlier in the day.
"Investigation is in progress and after the statement to the Magistrate, further course of action will be decided," he added.
According to police, the victim is still under trauma and stress and currently under observation.
According to sources, the accused officer is serving as deputy director with the Women and Child Development Department while the victim is a Class XII student.
The accused allegedly repeatedly raped the victim between 2020 and 2021.
She met the accused at a church. In 2020, the victim's father died, after which she got into depression.
The accused, who had already befriended her, took her to his house on the pretext of helping her.
But, the girl told the police that during the time between October 2020 and February 2021, when she was with her "guardian" who lived in Burari, she was raped several times.
"She was sexually harassed, physically molested, and repeatedly raped by the uncle under whose care and guardianship she was staying at his house," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) Sagar Singh Kalsi.
Source: IANS
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