<p>A seven-year-old girl was allegedly sexually harassed by an elderly man in north Delhi’s Gulabi Bagh area, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The accused, a 60-year-old man, is a neighbour of the victim, and he has been arrested, they said.</p>.<p>On Wednesday night, the girl, along with her mother, came to a police station. Her mother said that her daughter, studying in second standard, had complained that her neighbour was sexually harassing her for the past eight to 10 days, a senior police officer said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/comment/ugc-s-lazy-copy-paste-guidelines-on-sexual-harassment-won-t-do-1199047.html" target="_blank">UGC’s lazy copy-paste guidelines on sexual harassment won’t do</a></strong></p>.<p>On Wednesday, the man allegedly undressed her and touched her private parts. When the girl told her mother about it, she confronted the accused and a quarrel broke out between them, police said.</p>.<p>Police were alerted about the quarrel at around 10.29 pm, they said.</p>.<p>Based on the woman’s statement recorded at the police station, a case under section 376 (punishment for rape) of the Indian Penal Code and section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered against the accused, police said, adding he was placed under arrest.</p>.<p>The victim’s medical examination was also carried out, they said.</p>
<p>A seven-year-old girl was allegedly sexually harassed by an elderly man in north Delhi’s Gulabi Bagh area, police said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The accused, a 60-year-old man, is a neighbour of the victim, and he has been arrested, they said.</p>.<p>On Wednesday night, the girl, along with her mother, came to a police station. Her mother said that her daughter, studying in second standard, had complained that her neighbour was sexually harassing her for the past eight to 10 days, a senior police officer said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/comment/ugc-s-lazy-copy-paste-guidelines-on-sexual-harassment-won-t-do-1199047.html" target="_blank">UGC’s lazy copy-paste guidelines on sexual harassment won’t do</a></strong></p>.<p>On Wednesday, the man allegedly undressed her and touched her private parts. When the girl told her mother about it, she confronted the accused and a quarrel broke out between them, police said.</p>.<p>Police were alerted about the quarrel at around 10.29 pm, they said.</p>.<p>Based on the woman’s statement recorded at the police station, a case under section 376 (punishment for rape) of the Indian Penal Code and section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was registered against the accused, police said, adding he was placed under arrest.</p>.<p>The victim’s medical examination was also carried out, they said.</p>