Serial child rapist arrested in Delhi, says 'preyed on girls for sexual satisfaction, enjoyed it'

The accused paedophile is believed to have sexually assaulted dozens of school-going girls in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Saturday arrested a 38-year-old serial paedophile for allegedly sexually assaulting minor school girls aged between seven and 11 years.

The accused paedophile, identified as Sunil Rastogi, is a tailor by profession. According to News18 report, he was arrested from his hideout from east Delhi's Kondli village by a team of officers.

He is believed to have targetted dozens of school-going kids not only in the national capital but also in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. 

Delhi Police told media the accused has confessed to his crime and from what he told the police, he is said to have had committed acts of sexual assault every fortnight.

"I preyed on young girls and enjoyed it for sexual satisfaction," News18 quoted him telling the Delhi Police.

"Sunil Rastogi was arrested on Saturday on the basis of a tip-off," DCP (east) Omvir Singh told media. 

"The 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," Singh added further.

Preliminary inquiry revealed he committed his first crime in 2004. He and his family members were thrashed by the locals and were forced to leave Mayur Vihar area for physically assaulting a neighbour's daughter. Rastogi, who has five children, two of them girls, was also was jailed in Rudrapur, Uttarakhand, for an offence in 2006. However, he was let-off after six months.

Meanwhile, a special investigations team has been set up that will look for other minor victims who have been targetted by Rastogi in the past since the police suspect that most some his crimes went unreported.