Teen-age raped by friend

A 15-year-old girl from west Delhi’s Nihal Vihar has alleged that she was raped by a 21-year-old friend on the pretext of marriage. The accused has been arrested.

The victim is a class 10 student in a local government school, lives with her family in Nihal Vihar. According to police, the two were in a relationship for sometime and the accused had promised to marry her.

On Tuesday, the accused Rajesh told her that he would marry her at a temple and took her to a friend’s flat nearby. Later than his friend left for some work, he allegedly raped her.

When the victim insisted for marriage, he allegedly refused at close range and instead threatened to kill her if she narrated the incident to anyone. The victim returned home and narrated the whole incident to her mother. The family then seeks the help of police.