33-year-old rapes minor in front of his children

New Delhi: In a shocking incident, a one-and-a-half-year-old  girl was allegedly raped by a 33-year-old man in the presence of  his two children. The accused has been arrested.

According to the police, the incident took place on Wednesday.

The girl had gone to her neighbour's house to play with their two children aged four and two years. While the man’s wife was on the terrace on some work, the accused allegedly raped the girl in the presence of his two children inside his one-room accommodation, a senior police official said.

After the girl returned home, her mother found her bleeding from the private parts and took her to a hospital where it was confirmed that she had been sexually assaulted, he said.

Subsequently, the police were informed about the incident. A case under Section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault, punishable with a maximum term of life imprisonment) of the IPC  was registered against the accused.

The girl's mother is a divorcee and stays at her parental home in an outer Delhi colony. The girl's maternal grandfather works as a construction labourer, while her mother was a homemaker, said the official.

The Delhi Commission for Women chief Swati Jaihind tweeted that she was going to meet the rape victim at the Sanjay Gandhi Hospital where she has been admitted.

In a tweet to Union home minister Rajnath Singh, Ms Jaihind requested for a high level meeting of the chief minister, the lieutenant governor, commissioner of police and the commission. She said that the safety of women and girls was very unsatisfactory.