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Sonia, Kejriwal Visit Delhi Minor Rape Victim’s Kin in Hospital

The 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a teenager who lives in her neighbourhood.

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A 13-year-old girl was brutally raped and dumped near a railway track in south-east Delhi’s Pul Prahladpur area, allegedly by a teenager who lives in her neighbourhood, police said on Wednesday.

The minor girl, who is an orphan and mentally disabled, has been admitted in AIIMS. She is still in a critical condition.

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited the victim’s family in the hospital on Thursday, ANI reported.

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The 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a teenager who lives in her neighbourhood.
Sonia Gandhi arrives at AIIMS hospital in Delhi to visit the kin of the minor rape victim.(Photo Courtesy: Twitter/ANI_news)

The victim lives with her maternal aunt at a village near Pul Prahladpur.

The accused, whose age is being verified, was apprehended on Wednesday.
Joint Commissioner of Police (Southeast) RP Upadhyay

She went missing on 17 May, and could not be found following a search operation. In the wee hours of 18 May, locals spotted the girl lying unconscious near the railway track and raised an alarm, a senior police official said.

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