Raipur, A minor girl was allegedly repeatedly raped and impregnated by her father, who later arranged her delivery at a hospital by using forged documents to show her as an adult and married, in Chhattisgarh capital Raipur, police said on Wednesday.
The survivor later managed to contact her mother through social media and narrated her ordeal. A case has been registered at New Rajendra Nagar police station under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections, including those relating to rape, forgery, criminal intimidation, causing hurt, acts intended to cause or prevent miscarriage and common intention. The alleged abuse began in 2023 after the minor’s mother separated from her husband, leaving their three daughters with him, a police official said. The 38-year-old father allegedly raped the girl, the eldest of the three sisters, at the house of a relative within the jurisdiction of the New Rajendra Nagar police station in 2023 and threatened to kill her if she disclosed the incident to anyone, according to the complaint.
Mandal sent the girl to the house of her acquaintance Geeta Rai, also a nurse, where the survivor stayed for around two months, he said. Sections under the stringent Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act and Juvenile Justice Act have also been invoked, he said. After the matter came to light on Monday, eight persons, including the teenager’s father, aunt and a nurse, have so far been arrested in connection with the case, they said. Her mother accompanied her to the police station on Monday, following which a complaint was lodged, police said.
