New Delhi: A sweeper has been arrested for raping an 87-year-old unwell woman at a house in West Delhi’s Tilak Nagar area. Police said on Tuesday that the incident took place on Sunday night when the elderly woman’s daughter had gone to meet her friend. Delhi Police said on Twitter that the case of harassment of an elderly woman in Tilak Nagar has been resolved. He told that the accused was arrested within 16 hours while there was no clue in the case. Police said, “The mobile phone of the victim has been recovered from her. The accused lives in a nearby area and is a sweeper.”
The police constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the matter. According to the police, a case was registered under sections 380, 323 and 376 of the Indian Penal Code. The family of the elderly woman had alleged that the police delayed in taking action and did not take their complaint.
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The authorities have denied the allegation. Police had said that the theft complaint was lodged only on Sunday night and a case was registered “immediately” on the basis of it at Tilak Nagar police station.
He said that on Monday, other relevant sections were added in the case after the complainant alleged that she was also sexually assaulted. According to the police, the family members of the woman had said in the complaint that a man entered the house and the elderly woman saw him and interrogated him, then he told that he works for a gas agency and called him to this house in connection with work. has gone. On suspicion, the woman raised an alarm but the accused attacked her, sexually assaulted her, and the accused fled with her mobile phone. According to family members, on returning home, the woman’s daughter found the mother injured and reached the police station. (agency)