Delhi: Nepalese man who fled after raping a minor; arrested by police

A Nepalese man accused of raping and attempting to kill a six-year-old mir was caught in Delhi on Saturday. Vijay, 49-year-old accused is a resident of Bharatpur at Chaitwan in Nepal and reportedly used to work in a garment export house in Okhla. According to police, he used to provide financial help to survivor's family. He h since n fled to Nepal in 2015.

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Man on run for allegedly raping a mir girl; caught

police reportedly said that girl's far h abused him, after which  accused h planned to teach him a lesson by raping and killing her on August 10, 2015. girl's mor h allegedly stated that she h gone to pick her up from school around 4 pm and her daughter wasn't found when she arrived at school. mor was told that someone claiming to be child's grandfar h picked her up at 1 pm. Later same day, child was found lying in a pool of blood near Sanjay Colony, she was immediately rushed to hospital. 

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police registered a case at Okhla police Station and several teams formed to trace accused. Police later reportedly learned that accused h fled to Nepal. Subsequently, a charge sheet was filed against him on June 6, 2018, declaring him as a proclaimed offender.

Officers reportedly said, he was located in Nepal and a police informer was sent re who gained his trust and convinced him that rape case against him h been closed. informer also arranged a job for accused convincing re was a short of tailors in Delhi. As he arrived on Saturday, accused was arrested from Delhi Gate area, officer ded. While he was absconding, Vijay h reportedly worked as a tailor in Kathmandu, Bhutwal and or places in Nepal.

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Sexual assault cases on a rise in India

According to news reports, as of January 1, 2019, and June 30, 2019, around 24,212 cases of child abuse have been registered in India. In year 2015 and 2016, crime against children in India increased by a sharp 11% as freshly released NCRB data suggests, according to Child Rights and You (CRY) report.  total number of crimes against children reported in 2016 is 1,06,958, while 94,172 crimes were recorded in 2015.

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