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A 17-year-old Delhi University student was allegedly raped by a 50-year-old businessman in his car in West Delhi’s Moti Nagar on Wednesday evening. The girl had accepted a lift from Mukesh Kumar outside her college in Janakpuri,but the man took her to a secluded spot and forced himself on her,said the police. Mukesh was arrested after he was a passerby heard the girl’s screams and informed a beat constable.
“She did not doubt his intentions as he was middle-aged and it was raining. He told her that he was was going towards her area,” said an officer,adding that the accused,a resident of Ashok Vihar,runs a cardboard factory in Hari Nagar. Mukesh reportedly turned the car to a secluded road near a petrol pump in Moti Nagar’s Bali Nagar area. “The girl asked Kumar why he was stopping? He raped her despite her protests. Nobody could see inside the car as it had tinted glass,” said the officer.
But a passerby heard the girl scream and informed a Beat Constable a few meters away. “When the policeman checked the car,he saw the girl crying,” said the officer,adding that locals soon gathered at the spot and thrashed the accused.
The girl was taken to Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital for a medical examination,which confirmed rape. Kumar was arrested and the girl’s statement recorded. DCP Sharad Aggarwal confirmed the arrest.
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