Delhi shame: 10-year-old girl raped inside toilet

New Delhi: In another horrific incident, a 10-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by her 16-year-old neighbour, police said.

The incident took place in RK Puram area of South Delhi.


"The 16-year-old took the girl inside the toilet of her house and inserted a water pipe in her vagina. The minor got scared when the girl started crying and fled," a news website quoted police as saying.

"He has been sent to juvenile home after being produced before the Juvenile Justice Board," a police official said. The girl was immediately rushed to Safdurjung hospital. A minor surgery was performed on her. She is out of danger but in shock.

A case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has been registered and probe is underway, police said.