A 25-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly sodomising an eight-year-old boy in east Delhi’s Jagatpuri on Sunday, the police said.
They said the incident took place in the evening on September 8. The accused was produced before the court and sent to judicial custody, police said.
The police said the incident took place when the boy was playing outside his house. The accused is known to the victim’s family.
He lured the minor on the pretext of giving him a chocolate, took him to the terrace of his own house in the locality and sodomised the boy.
The child’s mother, who had meanwhile started searching for her son, reached the terrace and caught the accused red-handed.
The police said the mother of the victim informed her husband about the incident. The boy’s father informed the police and the accused was arrested on Sunday morning.
Medical examination
A medical examination of the victim has been carried out. A case under IPC Section 377 and POSCO Act has been registered against the accused at Jagatpuri police station.
The victim, a Class-II student, lives with his parents.
Further investigation in the case is under way.