NEW DELHI: The man who had allegedly sexually assaulted a 12-year-old girl and later brutalised her with a pair of scissors inside her house in outer Delhi’s Peeragarhi two days ago was arrested on Thursday from Mangolpuri in northeast Delhi.
Shalini Singh, joint commissioner (western range) said, “The accused, Krishan (33), is a repeat offender. He was previously involved in four criminal cases, including murder, attempt to murder and burglary.” He has been booked under relevant sections of POCSO Act and IPC.
The initial probe has revealed that Krishan was reccing the area on Tuesday evening to commit burglary. When he reached the building, he found people present in houses on the first two floors. When he reached the third floor, he found the door of the flat open and entered inside. When the girl saw him, she raised an alarm. He then threw a sewing machine at her head. When she continued to shout, he stabbed her with the pair of scissors repeatedly. During interrogation the accused claimed that he was drunk at the time of the incident.
The girl was stabbed at least five times by Krishan with a pair of scissors. He had left presuming that she had died. The weapon has been found and sent for forensic analysis to check for his fingerprints.
Krishan was identified with the help of footage from close to a hundred CCTV cameras. Based on them, police prepared an electronic route and used technical surveillance to trace his location. Twenty special teams comprising more than 200 policemen had been tasked to track down the offender.
In one clip, he was seen leaving the building six minutes after entering it. “The timing of the assault and his entry and exit matched, which is why he became our prime suspect. Krishan was identified after quizzing locals. The parents of the girl, who work in a sewing factory, told us that they did not know the man,” said an investigating officer.
The statements of the parents and other residents of the building who had seen the girl in the brutalised state have been recorded. They will be called in for a test identification parade of the accused. The survivor, who is being treated at AIIMS, resided with her parents and elder sister in a one-room flat. The building houses 18 other families of daily wage labourers.
On Tuesday around 5.30pm, the child was spotted in her balcony bleeding from her head and stomach by a woman, who alerted others and took her to a hospital. The survivor had sustained a skull fracture and damage to her intestines.
Doctors at AIIMS said though she was removed from the ventilator on Wednesday night, her condition was still critical. “A team of doctors from paediatric surgery, gynaecology and neurosurgery departments are monitoring her condition constantly. She underwent two surgeries on Wednesday, the first to repair her skull, and the second to rebuild her perineum. She may require another surgery for the head injury,” said a doctor.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
In Video:Delhi: Man sexually assaulted 12-year-old, brutalised her with scissors; held
Shalini Singh, joint commissioner (western range) said, “The accused, Krishan (33), is a repeat offender. He was previously involved in four criminal cases, including murder, attempt to murder and burglary.” He has been booked under relevant sections of POCSO Act and IPC.
The initial probe has revealed that Krishan was reccing the area on Tuesday evening to commit burglary. When he reached the building, he found people present in houses on the first two floors. When he reached the third floor, he found the door of the flat open and entered inside. When the girl saw him, she raised an alarm. He then threw a sewing machine at her head. When she continued to shout, he stabbed her with the pair of scissors repeatedly. During interrogation the accused claimed that he was drunk at the time of the incident.
The girl was stabbed at least five times by Krishan with a pair of scissors. He had left presuming that she had died. The weapon has been found and sent for forensic analysis to check for his fingerprints.
Krishan was identified with the help of footage from close to a hundred CCTV cameras. Based on them, police prepared an electronic route and used technical surveillance to trace his location. Twenty special teams comprising more than 200 policemen had been tasked to track down the offender.
In one clip, he was seen leaving the building six minutes after entering it. “The timing of the assault and his entry and exit matched, which is why he became our prime suspect. Krishan was identified after quizzing locals. The parents of the girl, who work in a sewing factory, told us that they did not know the man,” said an investigating officer.
The statements of the parents and other residents of the building who had seen the girl in the brutalised state have been recorded. They will be called in for a test identification parade of the accused. The survivor, who is being treated at AIIMS, resided with her parents and elder sister in a one-room flat. The building houses 18 other families of daily wage labourers.
On Tuesday around 5.30pm, the child was spotted in her balcony bleeding from her head and stomach by a woman, who alerted others and took her to a hospital. The survivor had sustained a skull fracture and damage to her intestines.
Doctors at AIIMS said though she was removed from the ventilator on Wednesday night, her condition was still critical. “A team of doctors from paediatric surgery, gynaecology and neurosurgery departments are monitoring her condition constantly. She underwent two surgeries on Wednesday, the first to repair her skull, and the second to rebuild her perineum. She may require another surgery for the head injury,” said a doctor.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
In Video:Delhi: Man sexually assaulted 12-year-old, brutalised her with scissors; held
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