MP shelter home horror: Deaf-mute inmate raped, embryo burnt after abortion

  • | Friday | 21st September, 2018

BHOPAL: A 25-year-old deaf and dumb girl was raped inside a shelter home run by a foreign funded NGO in Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh . Police said they have been booked under section 376 (rape), 312 (Causing miscarriage), 313 (Causing miscarriage without woman's consent) and 120 (criminal conspiracy). Prime suspect is the security guard of the shelter home,” said the officer. More than 13 girls/boys have come forward to say they had been sexually abused and investigations are still on. “We have booked nine people including the director of shelter home and his wife and six arrested so far,” he said.Interpreter was asked to help record her statement, he said.“Medical exmaination confirmed that she was raped.

BHOPAL: A 25-year-old deaf and dumb girl was raped inside a shelter home run by a foreign funded NGO in Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh . When the girl got pregnant, authorities at the facility took her to a doctor, aborted embryo and burnt it to destroy the evidence.Matter surfaced during inspection conducted by woman and child development department which comes close on heels of incident reported from Bhopal where teenaged inmates of a state-run shelter for the deaf and mute were raped and sodomised by its owner for years. More than 13 girls/boys have come forward to say they had been sexually abused and investigations are still on. It was after this incident that the state government had asked women and children to conduct a random survey of all such institutions across the state.“Inspection team were informed about the rape and termination of pregnancy and they intimated us for further action,” said Amit Bhadoria, thana in charge of Bilaua police station in Gwalior.Police registered the case around 9.45 pm on Thursday. “We have booked nine people including the director of shelter home and his wife and six arrested so far,” he said.Interpreter was asked to help record her statement, he said.“Medical exmaination confirmed that she was raped. Prime suspect is the security guard of the shelter home,” said the officer. Team is being constituted to record statement of other girls in the facility.Director of shelter home Dr V K Sharma, his wife Bhawna, medico Puspha Mishra and Vivek Sahu, warden Giriraj Baghel and Prabha Yadav, security guard Saheb Singh, supervisor Ravi Valmik and manager Jai Prakash Sharma have been charged with sections for rape and criminal conspiracy. Police said they have been booked under section 376 (rape), 312 (Causing miscarriage), 313 (Causing miscarriage without woman's consent) and 120 (criminal conspiracy).

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