12-yr-old Panipat girl retracts molestation accusation, lied to escape mother’s wrath

“The girl had gone out of her home on Monday. She cooked up a story, as she had come late and feared that she would be scolded,” police said.

A 12-year-old who had alleged kidnapping and molestation by 10 people in Panipat district has retracted her statement, saying she made up the story as she was scared of being scolded for coming home late, a police official said.

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The class 8 student recorded her new statement before a magistrate on Tuesday, police said.

The girl had alleged that she was abducted by 10 people in a car on Monday when she was on her way home. She was later given sedatives and was taken to the fields nearby where the abducters tried to rape her, she said.

She narrated the story to her father who got a case registered, Panipat superintendent of police Manbir Singh said on Tuesday over the phone. The girl had been away from home for a few hours, he said.

“During the investigations, it came to light that the girl had cooked up the story to escape her mother’s anger,” he said.

“The girl had gone out of her home yesterday. As she had come back late, she feared that her mother would scold her,” he said.

In her statement recorded before a magistrate in Panipat under Section 164 of the CrPC, the girl retracted the allegation, the SP said.

The girl was weak in studies and her mother often used to tell her to work hard, a sub inspector at Panipat’s women police station said.

The official said the girl was sent to the General Hospital in Panipat on Monday but had refused to undergo a medical examination.

Manbir Singh said the girl was being counselled.