New Delhi, June 29 -- A 34-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping a 5-year-old girl living in the same building as him in Shahbad Dairy area in outer Delhi and later threatening her earlier this week, police said on Sunday.

The incident took place on Tuesday (June 23) and came to light later that day after the girl complained about pain in her lower body and finally revealed what happened to her parents.

The man was arrested on Wednesday and booked under sections 65 (rape), 351 (criminal intimidation), and 115 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and section 6 (aggravated penetrative sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POSCO) Act, the police said.

According to poli...