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Delhi Police Detain Three Boys, 12–13, in Alleged Rape of 8-Year-Old in Okhla

Police filed POCSO–BNS charges following an AIIMS exam that documented a history of assault.

Overview

  • An FIR cites BNS sections 70 (gang rape) and 351 (criminal intimidation) along with Section 6 of the POCSO Act.
  • The child told investigators the boys twice lured her to a nearby godown on March 12 and 13 before the assaults.
  • Doctors at AIIMS recorded the history of sexual assault during the medical examination conducted with a woman officer present.
  • All three juveniles were apprehended within hours of the case being registered as police stepped up deployment after local protests.
  • Officers said there was no communal angle to the incident and noted the boys are local school dropouts from low‑income families while the probe continues.