He raped hundreds of minor girls--yes you read it right, hundreds in Delhi, over the years.
Huffington Post writes that Rastogi raped nearly 500 minors including mostly schoolgirls.
"The rapist nearly targeted five hundred children over the last 13 years, not only in Delhi but also in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand".
The man had a unique modus operandi. He would move around schools and prey on minor girls, posing as their father's friend who had brought gift or new clothes for them.
Hindustan Times reports that Rastogi would tell the victim he was a friend of her father’s who had sent clothes and snacks. For every victim, he would stitch a new set of clothes and wrap a new parcel.
“He would tell the child he had more presents for her and would take her with him and sexually assault her,” a police source said. The paedophile raped girls as young as 7-13 year old after taking them to isolated spots.
"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", Huff Po quotes a Delhi police official.
Police scanned the CCTV footage of the area where Rastogi had raped the girls. Police were able to identify him but his face was not clearly visible, writes HT.
They spoke to the vendors and some of victims and got a sketch made. They went door to door with the sketch. On Saturday, police were alerted about Rastogi’s presence in the area.
A raid led to his arrest. Rastogi can’t believe his 13-year-run is over. He told police he was certain they would never get him, the paper reports.
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