Minor domestic help raped

  • | Sunday | 27th May, 2018

Accused had threatened 14-yr-old to keep mumTribune News ServiceAmritsar, May 26A 14-year-old domestic help was allegedly raped by her employer. In her complaint to the police, she alleged that the accused had threatened to kill her in case she told anyone about it. As she stopped going to work, her parents questioned her following which she told them about her ordeal. Though the incident took place on May 15, the victim approached the police on Friday evening after narrating the incident to her family. The Lopoke police have registered a case.

Accused had threatened 14-yr-old to keep mum Amritsar, May 26 A 14-year-old domestic help was allegedly raped by her employer. Though the incident took place on May 15, the victim approached the police on Friday evening after narrating the incident to her family. The Lopoke police have registered a case. The accused has been identified as Gurmukh Singh of Hetampura village. He is yet to be arrested. In her complaint to the police, she alleged that the accused had threatened to kill her in case she told anyone about it. She said the accused’s wife and children had gone to some relative and Gurmukh was alone. She alleged that while she was at work, he caught hold of her and took her to the bedroom where he committed the crime. According to her, he threatened her to keep mum otherwise he would kill her. She did not tell her parents about it. As she stopped going to work, her parents questioned her following which she told them about her ordeal. Sub-Inspector Balwinder Kaur, investigating officer, said a case was registered under Sections 376 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Sections 4 and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. Raids were on to arrest him, she added.

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