Pizza delivery man held for molesting 5-year-old in Delhi

In a shameful and shocking incident, a five-year-old girl was allegedly molested by a Pizza delivery boy in southeast Delhi on Sunday, said on Tuesday.

A senior official of the Delhi Police said the accused, identified as Amit, working as a delivery boy for a multinational Pizza outlet, was arrested for allegedly molesting a five-year-old child while she playing near the stairs inside a residential building in southeast Delhi where the family resides.

The official said the incident came to light when the child told her parents that a pizza delivery boy had touched her inappropriately while she was playing on the staircase. The girl’s family was not home at the time of the incident, he said.

Following the girl’s revelation, the family lodged a complaint against the accused, Amit, a resident of Ambedkar Nagar, at the Lajpat Nagar police station in south Delhi.

Based of the family’s complaint, the accused was arrested and a  FIR under the POCSO Act was registered, police said, adding that further investigation in underway.

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In a similar incident, a 12-year-old girl was allegedly molested by a middle-aged man in Nand Nagri area of Delhi, police said on Tuesday, adding that the accused also purportedly threatened to kill her if she narrated the ordeal to anyone.

According to the Delhi Police, the accused, identified as 38-year-old Mohammad Imam alias Imamuddin, allegedly molested the minor girl on May 6 when the child went to a nearby shop owned by the accused, to buy some provisions. Imamuddin also allegedly threatened to kill her if she told anyone about the incident.

Citing a complaint filed the girl’s family, a senior police official said the incident came to light after the minor told her parents about the incident on Monday (May 8), adding that based on the complaint, police swung into action, lodged an FIR against the accused and arrested him.

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