New Delhi: Delhi Police have arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly raping an 87-year-old woman at her residence in the national capital's Tilak Nagar area. The police said they have also recovered the stolen mobile phone from the accused, who has now been identified.
"He was living in a nearby locality and worked as a sweeper," Additional DCP (West) Prashant Gautam said. The official said soon after the incident, several teams were constituted to nab the accused. As the police examined the CCTV footage around the area they got their first clue about the accused. "Within 16 hours, we zeroed in on the accused and cracked the case," the official said.
On Monday, the police had formed a Special Investigation Team to probe the incident of alleged rape of the elderly woman in west Delhi. According to the police, initially, a written complaint of theft of a mobile phone from a house in Tilak Nagar was received from the daughter of a senior citizen on Sunday after which an FIR was registered.