Ghaziabad: 20-year-old accused of rape, convicted four years later

Noida | Wednesday | 6th February, 2019

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GHAZIABAD: A 24-year-old man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a four-year-old girl in Tronica City in 2015. The girl’s father could not lodge the FIR immediately as Rahul’s father and his brothers had mounted pressure on him and dissuaded him from lodging the complaint. The girl’s father, a driver, in his complaint to the police, had stated that he had given shelter to a neighbour’s family who was renovating their house. After the girl fell unconscious, Rahul fled the house through terrace.Later, the girl’s mother found her lying in a pool of blood. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 15,000 on the convict, identified as Rahul Sharma.The crime was first reported on January 1, 2015..