This article written by Shivani Sharma, Law Student at Asian Law College Noida
Rape by stepfather:
Screams of a 10 year old boy residing in Venkatigiri town in Andhra's Pradesh's Nellore district alerted local residents to his 14th year old sister's rape by their stepfather on Sunday. This is very shameful thing that this kind of people are living around us and we are not aware about it.
Subsequently, it was revealed that the man in question had been sexually assaulting the minor girl for the last six months, and no one had know aboout the such crime
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Accused raping minor girl from last 6 Months:
As per the information received from the sources:-
As per reports, the accused man tied the nuptial knot with the mother-of-two after separating from his wife. He had been allegedly raping the woman's 14-year-old daughter for the last six months. The matter, however, came to fore on Sunday when the woman's 10-year-old son saw the accused trying to sexually assault the girl.
Boy Screamed for help:
The boy immediately screamed for help. Hearing the boy's screams, local residents came rushing to the spot and learnt what had happened. The accused, however, had fled from the house by then. The Times of India report.
The mother of the girl was reluctant to lodge a complaint against the accused as she didn't trust her daughter's words.
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Later, the leader of a local women's association approached the cops and officials of the Integrated Child Development Services.
Following this, a case was registered against the accused under relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
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Police Said:
That On Tuesday night, DSP Gudur Rajagopal Reddy went to the minor girl's house to conduct inquiries. In another incident, a 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour at her house within Rasra Kotwali police station limits in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.
According to the police, the accused barged into the teenage girl's house on July 18 when she was alone and raped her.
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He also threatened her against informing anyone about the crime. When the girl's family members returned, she narrated her harrowing ordeal, following which a case was registered and the accused was arrested.
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