A maternal uncle from Paschim Vihar, New Delhi was arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly raping his 3-year-old niece.

Officials said that the rape incident happened on June 25, 2019.

The Delhi Commission for Women said that the incident happened when the 3-year-old girl was playing with the 6-year-old daughter of the Maternal Uncle outside his house in Paschim Vihar.

Swati Maliwal, the Delhi Commission for Women Chief said that they have visited the 3-year-old girl in the hospital and are helping her financially and in filing a case against the maternal uncle.

Visited 3 year old rape survivor in hospital. Girl is v ill. Parents came 1 month bk from village & relative they stayed with raped d child! Family came 2 Delhi 4 good education for the daughter & got this instead! DCW helping them legally & financially but who will give justice? pic.twitter.com/MeIKgNfxCD

— Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) June 28, 2019

The DCW said, “The little girl was subjected to utmost cruelty by her own uncle and remained in the operation theatre for more than six hours. She had recently come to Delhi with her mother and her 10-year old brother from MP. Her father was going to join them in a few days after selling off his cattle.”

The DCW added that the family of the 3-year-old girl is really poor.

In a statement that was released by the Delhi Commission for Women said, “The family came to Delhi in search of a new life. Until her father could join the family, her mother decided to stay at her sister’s place with her children.”

The mother of the 3-year-old girl was hired as a helper in a colony located near Paschim Vihar, and when the rape happened, the mother and her aunt were in the colony working.

According to the 3-year-old girl, her uncle took her inside the house and raped her wile their cousins were playing outside the house.

The three year old girl said this to the team of the DCW.

The statement added, “After allegedly raping her, the accused contacted her mother and informed that her daughter seemed to be ‘unwell’. Her mother came home and saw her bleeding profusely.”

The mother of the 3-year-old girl brought her to a local doctor where the doctor gave her medicine. But when the bleeding did not stop, the mother brought her to a hospital where the doctors revealed that her daughter has been raped.

The doctors at the local hospital told the mother to bring her to the LNJP hospital.

The official statement from the DCW states that the 3-year-old girl underwent a 6 hour surgery.

Chief Maliwal said that the 3-year-old girl is “very ill”.

The police have arrested the maternal uncle when he was trying to escape.