Shocking! Delhi tailor confesses to sexually assaulting 500 minor girls

A 38yearold accused paedophile Sunil Rastogi who was arrested by the Delhi policeon Saturday from Delhis New Ashok Nagar area has allegedly confessed to having raped and assaulted over 500 schoolgirls The accused who is a tailor by profession would allegedly sexually assaulting schoolgirls by trapping them by saying that he has been sent by their parents for giving them some items or others in east Delhis New Ashok Nagar areaSunil Rastogi was arrested yesterday on the basis of tip off DCPEast Omvir Singh saidAlso read Mumbai police arrest two for sexually assaulting minorsThe accused who wore the same set of clothes a red jacket which he considered lucky used to come to the national captial from Uttar Pradesh UP by train and look for lone minor girls kidnap and take them to underconstruction buildings or isolated locations rape them and then flee the cityThe serial rapist targeted over five hundred children over the last 1213 years not only in Delhi but even in Uttar Pradesh and UttarakhandThe accused told police that he used to target minor girls Whenever he would find any minor girl going to home from school he used to mislead her on the pretext that her father had sent some clothes or some other articles to give her and take her to an isolated place he addedThe accused works as a tailor and is married with five children including three girls said another officer adding that his daughters are being counselled to know whether he had also targeted themAccording to media reports he along with his family was earlier living in Kalyanpuri in east Delhi where he allegedly assaulted a minor girl in 2004 But her family did not report the matter to the police for the fear of social stigmaAlso read Mumbai Crime 65yearold rapes minor daughter of maid for six monthsOn January 10 two cases of kidnapping were registered in New Ashok Nagar police station wherein complainants alleged a man misled their daughters aged 10 and 9 said the officerThe accused allegedly took them on the stairs of a building and fled when they raised an alarm he said Earlier on December 13 also a case under sections 376 Punishment for rape and 506 Punishment for criminal intimidation of IPC and section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act POCSO Act was registered on the statement of a minor girl said the officerHe said since all the three cases had a similar pattern it was suspected that the same person was involved in all of them and investigations were taken upIn all the three cases victims were minors in the age group of 910 and it was also revealed that the accused first misled the minors by telling them that their father had given some clothes or articles for them and then he took them to isolated place where he allegedly tried to sexually assault them said the officerAlso read Fatherson duo held for sexually abusing minor girlsA team under inspector CR Meena SHO New Ashok Nagar police station and ACP Kalyanpuri Rahul Alwal took up theinvestigationCCTV footages from cameras installed near the places of incidents were obtained and some images of the accused were developed said SinghAlso read Mumbai Crime Man held for sexually assaulting 4yearold neighbourDuring interrogation he confessed he committed the alleged offences and also revealed he committed similaroffences with other girls in New Ashok Nagar Delhi Ghaziabad Uttar Pradesh and Rudrapur Uttarakhand said the officer It has also been revealed from interrogation that many cases including under NDPS Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act and of theft and molestation were registered against the accused at various police stations in Rudrapur Delhi and GhaziabadThe accused paedophile we arrested is Sunil Rastogiwho is a tailor by profession He is married with childrenOmvir BishnoiDCP East Delhi pictwittercom4PBwV4b9ebmdash ANI ANI_news January 16 2017Rastogi is a permanent resident of Rampur in Uttar Pradesh and came to Delhi in 1990 with his family and leftDelhi in 2004 He resides in Rudrapur now He studied up to fifth standard at government school in his village He is being interrogated regarding other offences committed by him at different places added the officerWith Agency Inputs