Sunday, January 19, 2020

Two convicted for 2013 rape of Delhi minor

19/01/2020, SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT,NEW DELHI

A special court in Delhi on Saturday convicted two men of raping a five-year-old girl at Gandhi Nagar in East Delhi in 2013, observing that the victim had experienced exceptional depravity and extreme brutality at their hands. Arguments on the quantum of sentence will be heard on January 30.

Stating that the case had shaken the collective conscience of society, Additional sessions judge Naresh Kumar Malhotra of the Karkardooma court held Manoj Shah and Pradeep Kumar guilty.

The gruesome incident, which had triggered widespread protests, took place on April 15, 2013. Police said the two men were inebriated when Shah lured the girl into his room. They then subjected her to unnatural sex and also attempted to strangle her, as alleged.

The missing victim was located after about 40 hours in a room on the ground floor of the same building where her family lived on the first floor.

The police seized three candles and a hair-oil bottle that were inserted inside the girl.

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