Officials from the Nehru Nagar police station in Kurla arrested a 22-year-old man yesterday for raping a three-and-a-half-year-old girl. The incident had taken place on April 9, but the girl’s family registered a case only yesterday, as the 22-year-old was their landlord’s son and they feared that they would be evicted.

According to the police officials, Praveen Balote allegedly raped the girl on April 9, when her parents were not in the house. “The girl’s family resided on the mezzanine floor of the ground-plus-one-storey structure, while the landlord and his family lived on the ground floor.