In Brief: Minor raped by 14-yr-old boy

New Delhi: A five-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 14-year-old boy in her neighbourhood in southwest Delhi, a police official said on Saturday. The incident took place when her parents, who are labourers, had gone to work and she was alone at home on Thursday afternoon, the official said. Upon receiving information, the girl was immediately sent for medical examination and she was counselled in the presence of her parents, he said. A case under section 65 (2) (rape of minor) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act was registered. The boy was apprehended and sent to an observation home, police said. The boy was the family's neighbour and the son of the complainant's friend, police said.

68-year-old man found dead

New Delhi: The body of a 68-year-old man with injuries on his wrist was recovered from his house in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar, police said on Saturday. According to the police, initial investigations indicate that the deceased, Kuldeep Tandon, committed suicide. A PCR call regarding a suicide at a house in B Block of Malviya Nagar was received on Friday, a police officer said. Upon reaching the spot, the house was found locked from the inside. “On entering the house, Tandon was found lying on the floor. Some inflicted injuries were found on his wrist," the police officer said. Tandon lived in the house with his wife, who had gone to a relative's house last week following a minor quarrel between the couple. Since then, the deceased had been living alone in the house, the officer said.