NEW DELHI: A 15-year-old mentally challenged boy was allegedly sodomised by two men in northeast Delhi’s Yamuna Khadar on Wednesday night. Police said the boy’s family approached cops on Thursday, following which a case was registered. On Wednesday afternoon, the boy left his house and reached the parking area at Yamuna Khadar where he met taxi drivers and asked them for a job. The area was often used by drivers to park their cars and take rest. Two of them later assaulted him, police said. “He asked for a job and stayed with them. In the night two people sexually assaulted him. In the morning, he reached his house and narrated the ordeal to his parents,” said a police officer. The boy, along with his family members, went to the spot and identified the accused. The family members then called the cops. “A team reached the spot and apprehended the accused. On the statement of the father, a case under sections of unnatural sex and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) was registered. The arrested people were identified as Sunil (30) and Saleem alias Guddu (34). One of them worked as a driver while the other was a conductor,” said the officer. During the investigation, it was found that the boy was mentally challenged and undergoing treatment. “His parents had not reported him missing as often disappears from the house and returns on his own later,” the officer added. (The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect his privacy as per Supreme Court’s directives on cases related to sexual assault)
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