Police said on Tuesday that a 21-year-old man was arrested for allegedly raping a seven-year-old girl in Shahdara’s Seemapuri area on Monday night. A senior police officer said that in a statement to the police, the victim’s mother alleged that her daughter was raped by a neighbour. Around 10.30 pm on Monday, the girl was playing outside her residence when the accused took her to the bushes near the DLF chowk and raped her. The victim was bleeding when she returned home. On being questioned by her mother, she narrated her incident. The police said that following a complaint filed by the victim’s mother, a case was registered at the Seemapuri police station under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal tweeted about the incident. She said the accused took the girl to a park, inserted a water pipe into her private parts and then raped her. However, the police said that according to the lady doctor who examined the victim, her condition was stable and no foreign object was inserted into her private parts.The doctor said the excess bleeding was due to an injury in her private parts. The victim has been admitted to the Guru Teg Bahadur hospital. The Police said that the accused, a ragpicker, was arrested on Monday itself, .The DCW said it will file an application seeking compensation for the rape survivor. More than two children were raped every day in the national capital in the first four months of 2018, according to aata compiled by the Delhi Police. Till April 30, 282 cases of child rape were reported as opposed to 278 last year. In 2017, 894 such cases were reported in the national capital.