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Minor girl delivers baby, brother among 4 booked for rape in Raj
Jaipur: Police on Monday booked four people, including the victim’s brother, for allegedly raping a minor girl in Rajasthan’s Nagaur district. The matter came to
Jaipur: Police on Monday booked four people, including the victim’s brother, for allegedly raping a minor girl in Rajasthan’s Nagaur district. The matter came to light after the girl went to a hospital in Ajmer, where she gave birth to a child on Sunday night.
“The girl is 14 years old and studying in Class 10. She is unmarried. The girl and her family reached the Zanana Hospital, where the doctors, after safely delivering her baby, informed us that the mother is a minor,” said Narotam Singh, station house officer of the Padukalan police station.
Singh added that the minor and her child were under police and medical supervision.
Based on the girl’s statements, her brother and three other villagers were booked under the stringent Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act (Pocso).
“When the doctors and female police personnel talked to the minor about what happened, she was hesitant in revealing anything. But we took her into confidence, after which she told us that her brother, who is also minor, a boy living in her neighbourhood, and two other relatives, had raped her multiple times,” Singh added.
The SHO added that the condition of the victim and her child is stable, and their DNA samples have been taken for further investigation.
Another police official familiar with the probe said the parents were initially lying to the police about involvement of the alleged accused.
The Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has taken cognisance of the case. Its chairperson Sangeeta Beniwal on Tuesday asked the Nagaur superintendent of police to share detail report of the incident and action taken against the accused.
