Step-father, his brothers booked for minor's rape
A girl, 15, of Pherochahi village in Bhani Mian Khan police jurisdiction has accused her step-father and his two brothers and father of raping her repeatedly over more than a year. The victim is from Kandail village of the Civil Lines police jurisdiction.
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Batala
UPDATED ON MAY 22, 2014 01:00 PM IST
A girl, 15, of Pherochahi village in Bhani Mian Khan police jurisdiction has accused her step-father and his two brothers and father of raping her repeatedly over more than a year.
The victim is from Kandail village of the Civil Lines police jurisdiction and in 2012, her mother had divorced her biological father and married Kashmir Singh of Pherochahi.
Along with the child and her younger sister and brother, she had started living at Kashmir’s house.
A few months after this marriage, Kashmir Singh; his two brothers, Kuldeep Singh and Amrik Singh; and father, Gulzar Singh, allegedly started raping the child. She reported it to Kashmir’s mother but she snubbed her.
Tuesday afternoon, she fled the house and lodged a complaint with the police. The accused are on the run.
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