Delhi police said they detained the four suspects. (Figurative)
New Delhi:
A 14-year-old girl working as a domestic worker in the Greater Kailash 1 area of South Delhi was allegedly raped by a 17-year-old boy and three other people, police said Sunday, adding that the four suspects have been detained. . .
According to the police, the girl had met the teenager at the place where he worked. The boy, who had befriended her before leaving work about a month ago, asked her to visit his new workplace, also in Greater Kailash, where three others were present on Saturday.
Then the boy raped her in the house’s service quarters, the girl said, with the help of the others: an 18-year-old, a 20-year-old and a 30-year-old.
Police said they received the call about the incident Sunday and that they detained the four defendants. They have filed a case and are investigating the incident.
Delhi police said in October that it had recorded a 28 percent drop in the number of rape cases this year. As of September 30, up to 1,241 rape cases were reported compared to 1,723 cases in the same period last year, he said.
India recorded an average of 87 rape cases per day in 2019 and more than 4 lakh of cases of crimes against women during the year, an increase of more than 7 percent from 2018, according to the latest data released by the National Records Office. Criminals
Human rights groups say that government statistics underestimate the number of rapes as it is still considered taboo to report rape in some parts of India and because rapes that end in murder are simply counted as murders. Crimes against women are often taken less seriously and investigated by police officers who lack sensitivity, they say.
The fatal gang rape of a 23-year-old medical student in 2012 on a moving bus in the city sparked protests across the country and the capital, forcing the government to introduce stricter laws to combat crimes against women. .
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