TNN | Apr 2, 2013 By Pradeep Gupta AMBERNATH: A 17-year-old disabled girl from Ambernath was raped several times last year by her cousin, the teen's family has alleged. The girl's family lodged a complaint on Sunday night, after the teen lost the child she was carrying at a hospital. She had been admitted to hospital after complaining of abdominal pain. The Ambernath police identified the accused as Sayaji Adav (22), a resident of Kuntavali village in Bhimashankar. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Disabled-teen-raped-by-cousin/articleshow/19334975.cms The Ambernath police said the accused first raped the girl during a visit to her home.
Later during victim's visit at Bhimashankar based his uncle's house there too her cousin brother made physical relationship with her. The victim claimed police that she avoided to complaint about incident to parents or police fearing social stigma. Laxman Sareputra, assistant police inspector from Ambernath police station said, "The girl faces disability in walking properly and needs help for all activities. She avoids complaining about physical relation to parent after even she became pregnant". On Sunday morning victim sudden started pain in abdomen following to which her parents took her to Central Hospital in Ulhasnagar where family learned about her pregnancy" Added Tareputa. Later doctor informed about incident to police who recorded statement of victim and registered rape case against the accused Adav. The police sources said that to nab the culprits police had sent their one team at Bhimashankar based his house but he was not found there.The accused is said to be school dropouts and works in a hotel at Bhimshankar. -- Avinash Shahi MPhil Research Scholar Centre for the Study of Law and Governance Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
