NEW DELHI: A 13-year-old boy was arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted a nine-year-old girl on Friday.
A friend had reportedly sent the teen a pornographic video on WhatsApp. The boy, after watching the video, lured a minor girl, who is his neighbour, to his home on the pretext of showing a new mobile game. Then he raped her.
The incident came to light after the minor girl went home crying. When her mother asked her what happened she narrated the entire ordeal to her. Infuriated, the girl’s mother told her husband, who in turn informed thepolice. Based on the minor’s statement, police apprehended the juvenile from his house.
The boy told police that before committing the offence he had watched porn on the Internet as his friend had sent him a video around 20 days ago on WhatsApp following which he continued to watch it on the Internet and surfed more such videos.
On Friday he saw the girl returning home alone. He approached her, lured her and brought her to his home where he raped her. He threatened the girl to keep silent or else he would tell his she was stealing. The minor boy has been sent to a correctional facility at Delhi Gate.
