NEW DELHI: Delhi Police has identified the person who had allegedly abducted and sexually assaulted a five-year-old girl in the Bhalswa Dairy area. The accused resides in the neighbourhood. Several teams are carrying out raids in different parts of the city to arrest the accused. The girl is now admitted in hospital and her condition is stated to be stable.Police have recovered CCTV footage, which shows the accused picking up the minor in her arms and walking away.According to the minor’s family, she was playing near the stairs when she was abducted by a man. The parents of the girl said they do not have enmity with anyone and neither do they have any suspicion.Investigating officers said that the man picked up the girl from near her house and then stopped a tempo and sat in it and took the girl away. “We tracked the tempo driver and then traced the accused. Around 50 police officers and 10 teams are on to the job to catch the accused,” said an officer privy to the investigation.The parents of the girl also alleged that the cops at the local police station did not take their complaint seriously initially. However, cops have refuted these claims and stated that police have been on their toes ever since they got to know about the incident and that the FIR, too, was promptly registered. Police have even added other sections of the IPC pertaining to rape apart from the POCSO Act to the abduction FIR.The girl was playing outside her home on Wednesday evening when she went missing. Around 7 am on Thursday, the girl was found lying near a park. She was bleeding from her private parts.Meanwhile, Delhi Commission for Women issued a notice to Delhi Police and asked them to provide details of the FIR, accused and steps taken to arrest the accused.DCW chief Swati Maliwal said, “The five-year-old girl is serious and admitted at the hospital. One surgery has already been performed. I have issued a notice to Delhi Police as no one has been arrested with regard to the case so far”.(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
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