JAIPUR: In a sordid act of crime, a four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her landlord in Sikar on Tuesday night.
While the minor has been taken for medical examination, the 58-year-old accused has been brought to the police station for further questioning in the matter.
The girl’s father works as a labour and he along with his son had gone to attend a marriage ceremony in the evening hours. The girl along with her mother were expected to turn up later for the event. The family of the landlord too had gone for the marriage event and he was alone in his portion of the house. The survivour’s mother made the complaint on which a case was registered against the landlord, who is the father of three.
According to the complaint, the accused works as a carpenter and was alone as his family had gone for the marriage ceremony. The woman claimed that she along with her husband and two children had been staying in the house as tenants for last 18 months.
The complainant maintained that while she was on way to the bathroom of the house, she spotted her child coming out in a “shocked and shattered state” from the room of the landlord. On being asked about, she informed the mother about the crime and claimed that the he had lured her inside his room and forced himself upon her.
The minor stated that the landlord had threatened her not to inform anyone about the crime.
Getting the information, the police team rushed to the spot and brought the landlord for questioning. Meanwhile the girl was taken for medical examination.
Recently a four-year-old girl was sodomised in Alwar’s Thanagazi allegedly by her cousin, who is also a minor, less than a week back. The girl was admitted to the hospital and is undergoing treatment, while the accused has been detained. The minor boy has been booked for sodomy. The incident happened when the accused was alone at home with the child.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)