New Delhi. A 52-year-old man allegedly raped a minor girl at a graveyard in west Delhi’s Rohini, officials said on Wednesday. The accused committed the crime under the guise of performing tantric rituals to cure the girl’s ailing father, officials said.
According to the complaint lodged by the victim, the accused Mohammad Sharif called her to the graveyard in Kanjhawala on the pretext of performing tantric rituals to cure her (child’s) father and later raped her. A senior police officer said, “On Tuesday, a call was received at the Kanjhawala police station regarding sexual assault on a girl, following which a police team was sent to the spot.” Police said that based on the victim’s complaint, an FIR has been registered against the accused under Section 65 (2) of the Indian Penal Code (BNS) and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The police officer said, “We have arrested Mohammad Sharif. The girl has also been medically examined at Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital. The investigation into the case is ongoing.”