{{Indian police arrested a man on allegations of rape and torture of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, a spokesman said on Saturday, after the incident triggered protests and revived memories of a brutal December assault on a woman that shook the country.}}<\/p>\n
The man, 22, was arrested from eastern Bihar state, and is being brought to the capital, Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said. The accused was a neighbor of the girl and did odd jobs, he said.<\/p>\n
The assault on the girl, which left her in a critical condition, revived memories of the gang rape by five adult men and a teenaged boy of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on a bus on December 16 in New Delhi.<\/p>\n
The girl, whose parents work as laborers and live in a slum in the outskirts of Delhi, went missing from home on April 15, according to Manish Sisodia, an official of the Aam Aadmi Party which organized Friday’s protest.<\/p>\n
She was found with bruise marks on her body in the suspect’s house in a semi-conscious condition on Thursday by police after her parents had registered a complaint, media reports said.<\/p>\n
The suspect allegedly held the girl hostage for three days during which he raped and tortured her.<\/p>\n
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