Stepfather rapes 15-year-old for month

  • | Thursday | 19th July, 2018

The rape survivor initially was scared and unable to give a statement, but later the child helpline members counselled her, following which she narrated her ordeal,” said the station house officer of the Lahori Gate police station. The police registered an FIR against the accused who is absconding. Her son and daughter from her first marriage, both teenagers, lived with her. PATIALA: The police have booked a man for allegedly raping his minor step-daughter at home for over a month.The girl’s mother had married the accused last year after her first husband had passed away. The accused is a government employee.

PATIALA: The police have booked a man for allegedly raping his minor step-daughter at home for over a month.The girl’s mother had married the accused last year after her first husband had passed away. Her son and daughter from her first marriage, both teenagers, lived with her. The matter came to light after the 15-year-old girl, a student of Class X in a government school in Patiala , complained about pain in her abdomen to her mother and then revealed her ordeal to her.The rape survivor was taken to a hospital where doctors conducted her medical examination and formally informed the police. The police registered an FIR against the accused who is absconding. The accused, according to the police, had raped the girl for around one month and had threatened her of dire consequences if she revealed about the abuse to anyone.On Tuesday, when her brother had gone to their maternal grandparents’ house and her mother had gone outside for some work, the accused again raped the girl. The child helpline department in the district was immediately informed and the girl was counselled so that she could overcome her trauma.“We have registered the case under sections of rape, Pocso Act and criminal intimidation against the accused who is still at large, but we will nab him soon. The accused is a government employee. The rape survivor initially was scared and unable to give a statement, but later the child helpline members counselled her, following which she narrated her ordeal,” said the station house officer of the Lahori Gate police station.

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