Even as
DGP V Dinesh Reddy quoted dipping rape statistics in Andhra Pradesh, a 5-year-old girl was raped in Vitthal Rao Nagar in Madhapur on Saturday. The crime came to light only on Monday.
The girl, the daughter of a security guard and a domestic help, studies in a convent.
In the absence of her parents, a 20-year-old man Dhan Bahadur, a neighbour, reportedly took the child to a secluded place in the colony, and molested her. The victim's mother, on returning home at 10:30pm, found the girl crying.
The girl then identified Dhan Bahadur as the culprit, and he was then handed over to the police. Doctors have confirmed that the girl was raped.
Dhan Bahadur later confessed to having committed the crime in a drunken state. A case under Section 376 of the IPC was registered against him.
The victim was treated in a hospital and discharged on Sunday night.