New Delhi: A man has been arrested from
Hathras town in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly raping a 13-year-
old girl in southeast Delhi's Badarpur area, police said
today.
Bablu, 20, was arrested from the town yesterday, a day
after the matter was reported to the Delhi Police, an officer
said.
The matter came to light when the mother of the girl
noticed behavioural changes in her. After remaining reluctant
initially, the girl told her mother about her trauma, he said.
The woman filed a complaint at Badarpur police station. A
team was formed that nabbed the accused from Hathras, he said.
The girl, a Class VII student, was alone at her home when
the accused barged into the property and raped her, he said.
The parents of the girl work at a garment factory.
The accused lived in the same building where the girl and
her family lives.
PTI
