India, July 19 -- A 13-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by her father inside her house in north-west Delhi's Jahangirpuri area, police said on Sunday.

The accused, recently released from jail after serving a five-year sentence in a robbery case, is on the run, they said.

According to a senior police officer, the incident took place on July 7, when the minor girl, a Class 9 student, was alone while her mother and younger brother were out.

The accused, who lives separately with his mother in Badli village, arrived at the Jahangirpuri residence and allegedly established forcible physical relations with the survivor, police said.

"The survivor stated that the accused threatened to kill her and her mother if she disclosed the...