INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
12-year-old girl in west Delhi was horrified by a video they received on WhatsApp last Saturday
The video reportedly showed their child, who is mentally challenged, being raped allegedly by their neighbour the day before
Amid nationwide anger over the recent cases of rapes of children, including the Kathua and the Surat cases, Delhi police arrested three men
on Monday.A young man, identified as Bunty, and two of his friends were arrested on Monday night from Mangolpur Kalan area in Delhi's
Police said Bunty lured the girl to a community center in their neighbourhood, took her to a secluded spot and raped her
The two friends who accompanied him took a video as he committed the horrific act, police said.The spot where the man allegedly raped the
girl was identified from the video made by his friends."Bunty has been booked for rape and under the Protection of Children from Sexual
Offences Act (POCSO), and his friends under the relevant sections of IPC and the IT Act for their involvement in the crime," the police
officer said.The girl's family alleges that they are facing pressure from the family of the accused to withdraw the case."Bunty is a
powerful person and his other family members have strong hold in the area
They are mounting pressure on us to withdraw rape case against Bunty after his arrest
protests and anger - both on the streets as well as online - over the weekend was when the gruesome details of the kidnapping, gang-rape and
murder of an eight-year-old in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir in January, emerged last week
In Surat, the body of a young girl who was raped, tortured and murdered, was found on April 6
Days later, another child, an eight-year-old girl attending a wedding with her parents was raped and strangled in Uttar Pradesh on Monday.
