Overview
- Police registered the case early Sunday and arrested the 40-year-old, who has been remanded to judicial custody.
- Investigators booked him under BNS Section 64(2) for rape and under POCSO Section 6 for aggravated penetrative sexual assault.
- The girl told police the assaults occurred four to five times in the last 10–15 days, including the night of January 31–February 1 at their Paharganj home.
- A medical examination confirmed sexual assault, her statement was recorded before the competent authority, and she was discharged after brief observation.
- Police collected the victim’s clothes and bedsheet for forensic tests and say the father admitted the offence after threatening her into silence; the mother, currently in Bihar, will be questioned.