Minor held for rape of classmate in school washroom in central Delhi

NEW DELHI: A 14-year-old boy is alleged to have been sexually assaulted inside a school washroom in central Delhi early this week. Police have apprehended one of his classmates as the suspect.

Police received a PCR call around 4.43pm on July 24 about the incident. The caller said the boy was sexually assaulted by a classmate. A team immediately left for the school, but the parents of both children themselves brought them to the police station.


Counselling sessions were arranged for the survivor and his medical examination was also performed. After receiving the medico-legal certificate from the doctor, police confirmed that the boy was sexually assaulted.

Sources said the boy was experiencing pain, and when the parents asked him, he recounted the ordeal. A police officer said a case under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act was registered and the classmate was apprehended. Police will also seek a report from the school about the incident.

In April, a 14-year-old boy from Uttarakhand, who travelled to Delhi to participate in a national-level sports event, was allegedly assaulted sexually and filmed by a group of boys at a water sports club in northwest Delhi. In 2023, a 13-year-old Class VIII student at a govt school faced a similar assault by other students from the same institution.

According to police, on average, five people were arrested daily in the city this year for the alleged sexual assault or abuse of minors, with four cases registered each day under Pocso Act. According to Delhi Police's data, till May this year, 543 cases were registered, resulting in 697 arrests. Of these, 508 cases were solved.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)