New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Tuesday have arrested a cab driver in connection with the abduction, rape, and murder of an 11-year-old girl in Delhi’s Mehrauli area. Authorities managed to track down and apprehend the accused within six hours of the incident.

According to the police, the suspect abducted the young girl around 5:00 A.M. on Monday while she was sleeping on the pavement alongside her family.

Upon receiving the report, the Delhi Police immediately formed multiple specialised teams to locate the child. Following his arrest, the accused confessed to the crime and revealed that he had dumped the victim’s body along the Faridabad-Gurugram road.

The police have since recovered the body and booked the driver on charges of kidnapping, rape, and murder.

In a separate incident in the national Capital, a 36-year-old social media influencer has accused a man of raping her under the pretext of shooting videos, officials said on Monday.

Based on the woman’s complaint, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered at the Burari Police Station on June 10, and a senior police officer confirmed that an investigation is currently underway.

According to the complaint, the victim, a resident of Burari, came into contact with the accused through a social media platform in 2022. She alleged that the man invited her to a local hotel in September 2022 under the guise of filming social media reels, where he subsequently sexually assaulted her.

The woman further alleged that the suspect later blackmailed and repeatedly assaulted her. She eventually distanced herself from him after discovering that his real name was different from the identity he had initially presented. Following this, she claimed she received threats from the accused’s brother-in-law and another relative.

Meanwhile, in Bihar’s Begusarai district, a 28-year-old married woman was allegedly gang-raped by five youths. The perpetrators subjected the victim to extreme brutality, inserting a live bullet, a stone, and a piece of wood into her private parts.

Although the assault occurred on the night of June 11, it was medically confirmed during an examination on Thursday. The survivor is currently undergoing treatment at the Sadar Hospital. In her statement before the court, she testified that the five men held her captive when she stepped outside to relieve herself, dragged her to a secluded location, tied her up with ropes, and assaulted her.

–IANS

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