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A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a boy at Ashok Vihar in Delhi, police said. (Representative) A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a boy who entered a building under construction with the intent to steal, police said Wednesday. The incident occurred in the Ashok Vihar area of northwest Delhi on Tuesday when the girl's parents, who worked as construction workers, were not present, they said.
His parents live in a makeshift house inside the building under construction and had gone to collect their salary when the boy allegedly entered the premises with the intention of looting their valuables, a high-ranking police officer said.
But when he entered the premises, he saw the minor and her 18-year-old sister there alone.
Taking advantage of the circumstance, the boy would have threatened the girls with a knife and would have taken the minor to an isolated place in the building where he would have raped her, the policeman indicated.
Based on a complaint filed by the victim's parents, a case was registered under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the accused child was subsequently detained, police said.
The police investigate whether the building under construction was a school.
