New Delhi, Jun 8: A minor girl died under suspicious circumstances in northeast Delhi’s Nehru Vihar on Saturday, with police suspecting sexual assault based on initial medical observations, officials said.
“On receiving a PCR call at the Dayalpur police station at 8:41 pm, a team was dispatched to Gali No. 2 in Nehru Vihar, which found that the girl’s father had already shifted her to the Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital. She was declared dead at the hospital,” a senior police officer said.
“The doctors found injury marks on her face and hinted at possible sexual assault,” the officer said.
Police have registered a case under the relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, he said.
“Multiple teams have been deployed to collect evidence and trace the accused,” he added.(PTI)
