New Delhi: A 14-year old girl was allegedly molested by her tenant who entered her house on the pretext of asking for water in south Delhi's Sangam Vihar, police said on Thursday.
Police said the incident took place on Wednesday, and the girl told them that when her mother had gone to see a doctor along with their tenant's wife, the tenant came to her house and asked for a glass of water.
The girl said that when she went to the kitchen to get water, the accused came inside and started touching her inappropriately, the police said.
The girl raised an alarm and managed to free herself from the accused. However, he tried to hug her, they said.
The girl then ran out of her house and went to her friend's place in the neighbourhood. In the meantime, her mother and father returned home. She narrated her ordeal to them.
Police said the girl's mother also thrashed the accused with a stick before handing him over to police. The accused was arrested.
In another case, a 35-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attempting to sexually assault a three-year-old girl in Govindpuri on Wednesday.
Police said that the accused Ganori Prasad, a security guard by profession, had tried take the girl to the first floor of the building, where the girl resides, and tried to undress.
The girl immediately raised an alarm, attracting the attention of passersby. Some people reached the spot and immediately subdued the accused and called the police.