Hyderabad Horror: 2-Year-Old, 8-Year-Old Raped in Two Separate Incidents In 48 Hours
The Andhra Pradesh police arrested both the accused in the separate rape cases as the kin demand death penalty.
Hyderabad, January 25: In a shocking incident, rape of two minors have been recorded in the last 48 hours in Hyderabad. In the first case a two-year-old minor has been raped by a 33-year old, and in another case, a 42-year-old primary school headmaster allegedly assaulted an eight-year-old in the school premises. Both the accused have been arrested.
According to the police, the first incident took place in Dundigal area of Hyderabad on Thursday night at around 10:30 pm, where the accused kidnapped the toddler on the pretext of offering her chocolate. Hours later the family found the toddler wailing and profusely bleeding near their house. The kin then reached to Gandhi Medical Hospital, where the toddler is undergoing medical treatment. Maharashtra: 7-Year-Old Girl Raped and Murdered in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Accused Found Hanging in Forest.
Based on the CCTV footage, police have attested the accused and charged him with Section 3 and 4 of POCSO and Section 376 of IPC (Punishment for committing rape). The family members are demanding the death penalty for the accused.
In a similar incident, a primary school headmaster was arrested by the Andhra Pradesh police for allegedly raping a class two student in his school in Hyderabad. According to the police, the headmaster had sexually assaulted the minor in an empty room of the school premises.
Briefing about the incident, the police stated that the incident took place on Tuesday, when the 42-year-old headmaster of the primary school lured the minor to an empty room. He then sexually assaulted the minor, which resulted in injuries and bleeding.
With pain, injuries and blood on her clothes, the eight-year-old girl reached the house and narrated the entire ordeal to her mother. When the mother took her daughter to the hospital for treatment, she was informed that her daughter was sexually abused. The doctors had to make four stitches to stop bleeding.
Citing repercussions in mind for the child and the family, the incident was not reported initially by the parents. But when social activists came to know about the crime, they convinced the family to file a complaint on Thursday. Taking cognisance of the issue, Andhra Pradesh's Human Resource Development Minister Ganta Srinivas ordered the school commissioner to suspend the headmaster and investigate the incident.
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