Five rapes in Delhi

A 12-year-old girl was raped by her step-father, a four-year-old girl was raped by a neighbour here and two other minor girls and a woman were sexually assaulted in separate incidents, police said Monday.

The step-father of a minor girl raped her in her house in east Delhi's Welcome area Monday afternoon when she was alone at home, police said. The attacker is missing and on the run.

A four-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by her 19-year-old neighbour Raju in west Delhi's Kirti Nagar area Sunday night, police said.

Police said a passerby saw the unconscious girl near a railway track and informed them.

Raju was arrested as the girl was last seen with him before the incident and he confessed to his crime, said police.

A 40-year-old maid was raped by her neighbour Gora, 24, in west Delhi's Kirti Nagar area Sunday night, police said. The accused was arrested.

A 10-year-old girl was raped by her 16-year-old neighbour in the toilet of her house in south Delhi's R.K. Puram area Sunday night, police said. The boy was apprehended and after the victim's medical report confirmed rape, he was sent to a juvenile home Monday, police said.

A nine-year-old Delhi school girl was kidnapped from outside her institution in east Delhi's Seemapuri area by 42-year-old auto-rickshaw driver Omprakash who raped her in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad Saturday. Delhi Police registered a rape case and arrested the attacker Monday.