Court rejects police report in minor’s rape case, orders fresh probe

Noida | Saturday | 3rd November, 2018

Summary:

She was found to be pregnant when she was rescued from Punjab and handed over to her family in March 2017. According to the police complaint, she was abducted by one of her acquaintances and handed over to a trafficking racket. Subsequently, she gave birth to a baby boy in September 2017. However, Ghaziabad police claimed in the court the girl was an adult, according to medical tests, and had “eloped”.As a result, the case was closed and the main accused, allegedly a man with political connections, let off. But the girl’s parents rejected the police theory..