TNN | Jul 14, 2012, 03.47AM IST
JAIPUR: A 16-year-old girl, who had left her home situated at a Neem Ka Thana village in Sikar district after being thrashed by her alcoholic father for no reason, was kidnapped from the Sindhi Camp bus stand here and raped for a month by an auto driver. The driver has been arrested.
The girl had come to his uncle's house as she was upset with her father. On reaching Jaipur, she forgot the uncle's address. The auto driver, on the pretext of helping her search the uncle's house, took her to his rented accommodation in Jaipur and then to his native village in Dausa district where he kept her confined for at least a month. She somehow managed to escape and informed her family members. The 22-year-old driver was arrested by the police.
The girl was so apprehensive of her alcoholic father that when she was produced before a magistrate, she refused to live with him. The police have sent her to the uncle's house. Police said action will be taken against the father if the girl's statements are found to be true.
According to the police, the girl had left her home on June 10. The family members had registered a missing complaint with the police on June 15. "Girl's father is an alcoholic. He used to scold and sometimes even thrash her. Upset over this, she left her home on June 10 and kept wandering in nearby towns living with her friends and relatives for 3-4 days. An aunt gave her Rs 100, so she reached Jaipur to stay with her uncle who lives in the Jhotwara area with his family and works at Crystal Mall near the Khasa Kothi Circle," said Sindhi Camp police station in-charge Bharat Singh.
He added that as soon as she got off the bus, the auto driver, Jitendra Kumar, approached her to ride in his auto.
"However, the girl seemed confused and had also forgotten the uncle's address. Taking advantage of this, he took her to his rented room in Shastri Nagar area. He kept her there for two days and repeatedly raped her," said Singh.
Jitendra then allegedly took her to Samastpura, a village under Salempur police station area in Dausa district, where he had kept her until Wednesday.
"The girl on Wednesday called his maternal uncle pleading him to save her. A team of Neem Ka Thana police station was immediately rushed there. They recovered the girl and took Jitendra into custody. He was handed over to the Sindhi Camp police as the case of rape was registered there," Neem Ka Thana police station in-charge Balaram told TOI.
The girl's statement was recorded, he added. "She was produced before a magistrate. In her statement, she said that her father regularly beat her. She refused to live with him following which she was handed over to her uncle," said the officer.Link: Runaway girl raped by auto driver for a month, arrested
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