Two-year-old girl raped in Delhi

New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) A two-year-old girl was raped by a neighbour in Najafgarh area of southwest Delhi, police said Wednesday.

Police have arrested Bunty, 25, on charges of raping the girl at his New Roshan Pura home Tuesday.

Police said Bunty, a labourer, came to the victim's house when her mother was cooking. 'Since there was no electricity in the area then, Bunty took the girl outside on the pretext of singing her a lullaby. Bunty told her mother that he was taking the girl to his home and would bring her back after she fell asleep,' said a policeman.

'But after some time the mother got suspicious and went to Bunty's room where she found him raping her child,' he added.

According to police, the girl was rushed to a hospital where doctors confirmed rape.