The complaint was registered at Chanakyapuri police station soon after receiving the information about the incident. | Photo Credit: Thinkstock

Key Highlights The Delhi Police has arrested a 25-year-old man in connection with the case The minor was allegedly raped at around 9 am on Saturday morning The complaint was registered at Chanakyapuri police station soon after receiving the information about the incident

New Delhi: A five-year-old minor girl has been allegedly raped at the United States Embassy complex in the national capital on Saturday morning. The Delhi Police have arrested a 25-year-old man, who has been employed as a driver in connection with the case.

Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Pragya told a news agency on Wednesday that the minor was allegedly raped at around 9 am on Saturday morning. The horrific crime came to authorities' notice after the minor's mother, whose husband works as a housekeeper at the embassy, lodged a formal complaint against the accused.

Officer Pragya added that the child lived within the quarters inside the embassy complex and her father works as a housekeeper. The police officials investigating the matter told a media person that both the survivor and the accused lived at the embassy quarters. The accused does not work at the embassy and stays with his parents at the quarters there as his father has been employed at the premises.

Like in most of the cases, the accused was well-known to the minor's family and the survivor used to often visit the residence of the accused as they were neighbours. Reportedly, on the day of the incident, she was playing outside her house when the accused on the pretext of playing games on his mobile phone, took her to his residence, where he raped her in the absence of his parents.

The complaint was registered at Chanakyapuri police station by the minor's family members on Sunday. However, a case has been registered against the accused under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). Further probe in the matter is underway.

