A 32-year-old man was arrested on Saturday by Kwa-Thema SAPS following allegations that he raped a young girl.
The mother of the victim (15) told police she was in the Springs CBD when she received a call from her boyfriend.
She was told she should return home immediately as there is an emergency.
According to Const Nkululeko Magudulela, communications officer at Kwa-Thema SAPS, on the mother’s arrival at home, her boyfriend informed her that he suspects her daughter has been sexually abused.
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The mother then spoke to her daughter, who alleged she had been raped by a man known to her.
The victim was taken to the district surgeon for a medical examination.
A case of rape has been opened at the Kwa-Thema SAPS and is being investigated by the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit.