Noida: A 9-year-old girl was allegedly raped inside a high-rise society in Greater Noida by a 57-year-old man, who has been a friend of her father for many years, police said on Monday.
The police said, the accused, a native of Mirzapur in eastern Uttar Pradesh, has been arrested.
The accused lives in the society in Bisrakh neighborhood of Greater Noida (West) and his friend had dropped his children ( the girl and a 4-year-old boy) with him on Sunday afternoon since he had to go out for some work, an official said.
The official said, the accused guy took the two kids to the society's park in the evening before taking the girl to the society's clubhouse, where he forced himself on her.
A complaint was received on Sunday night in connection with the incident after which an FIR was registered immediately at the Bisrakh police station. According to a police spokesperson, the suspect was detained o Monday afternoon from the Ajnara.
The FIR has been registered under Indian Penal Code section 376 AB (rape on girl under 12 years of age) and charges under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act have also been invoked in the case, the police mentioned.
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