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Two men have been arrested from Outer North Delhi for allegedly sexually assaulting two minor girls on Saturday.
Police said the incident took place on August 7 when the two girls went swimming in a private pool, which is yet to be opened for the public. The accused, who were arrested on Saturday itself, are the contractor who is building the swimming pool and its caretaker, police added.
“On August 8, a woman came to the police station to report that her daughter and another girl had been sexually assaulted the previous day…,” DCP (Outer North) Hareshwar Swami said.
He added that in their statements taken before the judicial magistrate first class under Section 183 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, the victims corroborated the complaint.
Police said the girls would often visit the pool. “On August 7, they reached the pool around 7-8 pm to swim. There, the two men allegedly lured them with food to their living quarters adjoining the pool and sexually assaulted them. They let the girls go the next day, threatening to kill them if they told anyone of what had happened,” said an officer.
The accused have been booked under sections 70(2) (gangrape), 127(2) (wrongful confinement) and 351 (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, along with sections 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) and 10 (aggravated sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
“Pillow covers, a bedsheet,have been recovered from the room where the assault allegedly took place, along with a DVR. The evidence has been sent for forensic testing,” the officer said.
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