Delhi: 2 arrested for assaulting minor at COVID centre

DN Bureau

The Delhi Police arrested two patients from a COVID-care centre in South Delhi's Maidan Garhi on Friday after they sexually assaulted a minor at the facility. The victim was also a COVID patient.

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New Delhi: The Delhi Police arrested two patients from a COVID-care centre in South Delhi's Maidan Garhi on Friday after they sexually assaulted a minor at the facility. The victim was also a COVID patient.

"The incident happened on the night of July 15. The 15-year-old victim filed a case against the two boys, alleging that one of them assaulted her in the bathroom while the other filmed the incident," Delhi Police said on Friday.

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Both boys have been arrested and sent to judicial custody, Police further informed. The COVID-care centre is being managed by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.

According to a bulletin of the Delhi government, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the national capital currently stands at 1,27,364, including 14,554 active cases and 1,09,065 recovered/discharged/migrated patients.

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A total of 3,745 deaths have been reported in Delhi so far. (ANI)










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