A 47-year old cleric was arrested for raping a 10-year old girl inside a mosque.
The news agency ANI has tweeted and quoted Delhi Police that the incident took place on Sunday.
The 10-year-old girl had gone inside the mosque to fetch water at 10 p.m. The cleric allegedly stopped her and then raped her.
Once she reached home, she informed her parents who then approached the police.
A 47-year-old Maulana Mohammad has been arrested for raping a 10-year-old minor girl inside a mosque in North-East Delhi.
Girl had gone to fill water inside the Mosque when Islamic cleric raped her.
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Following the incident, locals were agitated and hence a police posse was deployed outside the mosque.
An FIR has been lodged and Delhi court has sent the cleric to a 14-day judicial custody.