The police have arrested the man who raped his neighbour's one-and-a-half-year-old baby (File Photo)

In a shocking incident, a one-and-a-half-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in south Delhi, the police said on Monday.The accused sexually assaulted the girl when he came to her house to play with her, the police said.The incident took place yesterday evening in the Shahpur Jat area and the accused was arrested.

When the mother of the baby found her crying after the neighbour had come, she took her to a nearby hospital, where she discovered that her child had been sexually assaulted.Subsequently, the accused was identified and arrested, the police said.