India News | Tripura: 2 Brothers Sentenced to 20 Years in Jail for Raping Teen Multiple Times
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A Tripura State Rifles (TSR) jawan and his elder brother were sentenced to 20 years in jail by a special court in Dharmanagar on Tuesday for raping a 14-year-old girl multiple times, following which she got pregnant.
Agartala, Nov 5 (PTI) A Tripura State Rifles (TSR) jawan and his elder brother were sentenced to 20 years in jail by a special court in Dharmanagar on Tuesday for raping a 14-year-old girl multiple times, following which she got pregnant.
The court of special POCSO judge Angshuman Debbarma also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on each of them.
The girl was returning home from school when she stopped at the house of the accused in her neighbourhood for a glass of water. At that time, the elder brother took her to a room and raped her, according to the prosecution.
The younger brother, a TSR jawan, saw it and later blackmailed the girl over it and raped her multiple times, Public Persecutor Sudharsan Sharma told PTI.
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The girl eventually became pregnant and gave birth to a child, he said.
"Around a year after sexual exploitation, she lodged an FIR against the two brothers at the women's police station on February 12, 2022," Sharma said.
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