A minor girl was allegedly murdered after being sexually assaulted in North East Delhi Saturday evening, the Delhi Police said.
According to the police, a call regarding the sexual assault of the minor was received at about 8.41 pm Saturday. “Upon reaching the location, the police team found that a minor girl in an unconscious condition was present there,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (North East) Ashish Mishra said.
The girl’s father took the victim to the JPC Hospital, where the doctors declared her dead and a possible victim of sexual assault. “Prima facie, the attending doctors at the hospital observed visible injuries on her face and alleged sexual assault,” DCP Mishra said.
The crime and forensic team have now begun inspecting the crime scene to apprehend the accused.
Meanwhile, a case has been registered under sections 103 (1) [murder], 66 [punishment for causing death or resulting in a persistent vegetative state of the victim], and 13 (2) [enhanced punishment for repeat offenders], of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Section 6 (punishment for aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Pocso Act.
In April this year, a 14-year-old boy from Uttarakhand, who was in Delhi to attend a sports event, was allegedly sexually assaulted by several other participants at a club in Outer North Delhi, the police had said. After the incident came to light, an 18-year-old was arrested, and five other minors were apprehended, the police added.
In his statement to the police, the boy said that on April 22, he was stripped and assaulted by multiple boys participating in the event.
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Meanwhile, crime data shared by the Delhi Police shows that rape cases registered were 370 between January 1 to March 31 in 2025, down by 18.68 per cent compared to the same period in 2024, when it was 455. In 2023, the number of cases was 422 during the same period.
Molestation cases for the first three months of 2025 also saw a dip of 14.63 per cent to 379 compared to 2024, when it was 444, and 30.71 per cent compared to 2023, when it was 547.
