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The police, connected Tuesday, arrested a antheral for raping a insignificant girl, who is his wife’s younger sister, and making her pregnant.
The incidental is said to person happened successful July but came to airy precocious erstwhile the insignificant miss was brought to a authorities infirmary aft she complained of tummy pain.
The doctor, aft indispensable aesculapian examinations, declared the minor’s pregnancy.
When her parents enquired, the insignificant miss explained the intersexual harassment by her sister’s husband, pursuing which the parents lodged a ailment against their son-in-law.
According to the FIR, the incidental happened successful July erstwhile the insignificant was astatine her sister’s location to assistance her aft she gave commencement to a baby.
The FIR, quoting the ailment arsenic saying, stated that the accused gave a beingness menace to the insignificant miss aft raping her.
Superintendent of Police Pruthvik Shankar told The Hindu that aft registering a lawsuit nether Sections 65(1) and 351(2) of BNS 2023 and Sections 4 and 6 of the POCSO Act 2012, the constabulary arrested the accused and initiated further procedure.
This is the 2nd incidental wherever a insignificant has been subjected to intersexual harassment wrong a play of 3 months.
In August, a insignificant miss delivered a babe successful a government-run school.
The fig of incidents wherever insignificant girls person been subjected to intersexual maltreatment successful the territory is 98 this year.
“Out of the 98 cases, probe successful 75 cases has already been completed and chargesheet person been submitted earlier jurisdictional courts. There are precise fewer cases that are nether investigation,” Mr. Shankar said.
“Strict instructions person been fixed to officers of the section acrophobic to instrumentality initiatives to guarantee the information of insignificant victims,” said president of the Karnataka State Commission for Children Rights Protection Shashidhar Kosambe.
He said that officers person besides been asked to taxable a elaborate report.
