Alka Panse, TNN | Mar 20, 2012, 05.55AM IST
NAGPUR: Not having seen her seven-year-old daughter for an hour on Sunday evening, the worried mother searched everywhere in and around her home. Calling her name, she twice passed the under construction building where her daughter was being raped by her own 15-year old cousin.
The hapless girl could not call out to her mother even as she watched her go back home as she was gagged by the culprit. Later, however, when the girl returned home and narrated her harrowing experience, the mother could only blame herself for not looking into the building. "The boy had threatened her not to tell the incident to anyone and she was scared. However, she revealed what had happened after some time," said the mother.
The girl was lured by her cousin with a popsicle and later raped. The girl followed the boy into a house in Juni Mangalwari. The accused, a Std IX student, stays just opposite the victim's house. The girl was studying at her home when he came in and gave her money to buy two popsicles. "She was studying and her mother was busy in kitchen. He came and gave her Rs 5 asking her to buy two popsicles, one for himself and other for her, from a nearby shop," said the father. Never suspecting anything, the mother allowed the girl to take the money. Later, the boy took her to the under construction house and forced himself upon her. Police said no labourers had reported for work on the site on Sunday.
The girl's father and neighbours alleged that two years ago, the boy, then 13-year-old, was caught while molesting his other cousin, who also stays nearby. "He was beaten and left with a warning," said the father. "Since then, the boy is scared of me and never comes to our house when I am around. On Sunday, I was not there and hence he took advantage," the father said. The father alerted the control room and Lakadganj police reached the spot. He claimed that cops and boy's father tried to put pressure on him to withdraw the complaint. It was only because of neighbour's support that the police took the girl for medical tests and on confirmation a case was a registered.
The boy was produced before a juvenile court on Monday and sent to remand home.
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The hapless girl could not call out to her mother even as she watched her go back home as she was gagged by the culprit. Later, however, when the girl returned home and narrated her harrowing experience, the mother could only blame herself for not looking into the building. "The boy had threatened her not to tell the incident to anyone and she was scared. However, she revealed what had happened after some time," said the mother.
The girl was lured by her cousin with a popsicle and later raped. The girl followed the boy into a house in Juni Mangalwari. The accused, a Std IX student, stays just opposite the victim's house. The girl was studying at her home when he came in and gave her money to buy two popsicles. "She was studying and her mother was busy in kitchen. He came and gave her Rs 5 asking her to buy two popsicles, one for himself and other for her, from a nearby shop," said the father. Never suspecting anything, the mother allowed the girl to take the money. Later, the boy took her to the under construction house and forced himself upon her. Police said no labourers had reported for work on the site on Sunday.
The girl's father and neighbours alleged that two years ago, the boy, then 13-year-old, was caught while molesting his other cousin, who also stays nearby. "He was beaten and left with a warning," said the father. "Since then, the boy is scared of me and never comes to our house when I am around. On Sunday, I was not there and hence he took advantage," the father said. The father alerted the control room and Lakadganj police reached the spot. He claimed that cops and boy's father tried to put pressure on him to withdraw the complaint. It was only because of neighbour's support that the police took the girl for medical tests and on confirmation a case was a registered.
The boy was produced before a juvenile court on Monday and sent to remand home.
Link: Cousin, 15, rapes 7-year-old girl
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