Peon rapes teenage friend at Delhi government hospital

A 25-year-old peon at a Delhi government hospital was arrested for allegedly raping a teenage girl in one of its rooms, police said on Friday. According to police, GTB Enclave police station on Thursday received information that a girl has been raped by her neighbour in a room at Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital in northeast Delhi.

A 25-year-old peon at a Delhi government hospital was arrested for allegedly raping a teenage girl in one of its rooms, police said on Friday. According to police, GTB Enclave police station on Thursday received information that a girl has been raped by her neighbour in a room at Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital in northeast Delhi. In her statement the victim said both of them were friends, a senior police officer said, adding that the girl had called him to meet at the hospital. The alleged took her to a room and allegedly raped her, he said. The girl has been medically examined and a case under section 376 (punishment for rape) under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 4 Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has been registered.

Further investigation is underway, police added.