64yearold on the run after raping minor niece

  • | Saturday | 14th July, 2018

ALMORA: An FIR was registered in Danya police station of Almora district on Friday against a 64-year-old man for allegedly raping his 14-year-old niece. Her uncle forcefully took her to his house and then raped her. She later narrated the ordeal to her mother.Sub-inspector Nikhilesh Bisht has been appointed as the Investigation Officer in this case.The incident comes just a day after chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that the government would bring a law to award death penalty to rapists of minor girls. Rawat said that feedback would be taken from legislators before a bill is tabled in the state assembly.The Uttarakhand high court had expressed concern at the increasing number of instances of rape of minor girls in the state earlier this year and recommended to the state government to enact suitable legislation for awarding death sentence to all those found guilty of raping girls aged 15 years or below. Police have formed teams to nab the accused who is absconding.“We have filed an FIR in this case and medical examination of the girl has confirmed the rape ,” Ajay Lal Sah, inspector of Dania police station told TOI.The assault took place on July 9 when the girl had gone to a nearby tank to fetch water.

ALMORA: An FIR was registered in Danya police station of Almora district on Friday against a 64-year-old man for allegedly raping his 14-year-old niece. Police have formed teams to nab the accused who is absconding.“We have filed an FIR in this case and medical examination of the girl has confirmed the rape ,” Ajay Lal Sah, inspector of Dania police station told TOI.The assault took place on July 9 when the girl had gone to a nearby tank to fetch water. Her uncle forcefully took her to his house and then raped her. She later narrated the ordeal to her mother.Sub-inspector Nikhilesh Bisht has been appointed as the Investigation Officer in this case.The incident comes just a day after chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said that the government would bring a law to award death penalty to rapists of minor girls. Rawat said that feedback would be taken from legislators before a bill is tabled in the state assembly.The Uttarakhand high court had expressed concern at the increasing number of instances of rape of minor girls in the state earlier this year and recommended to the state government to enact suitable legislation for awarding death sentence to all those found guilty of raping girls aged 15 years or below.

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