Uttar Pradesh: 28 Years After Crime, DNA Test Nails Rape Accused in Shahjahanpur

Shahjahanpur (Uttar Pradesh), April 7: Two brothers have been booked for alleged rape in Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur, nearly 28 years after they gang-raped the minor daughter of a neighbour.

For more than two years, from 1994 to 1996, the victim -- just 12-years-old then -- was allegedly gang-raped by two brothers.

When the victim got pregnant and delivered a boy, she was forced to give up her child, who was later adopted by a couple in Uttar Pradesh. She was also threatened by the accused duo against filing an FIR.  Bengaluru Shocker: 23-Year-Old Girl Gang-Raped by Four Delhi Swimmers; Accused Arrested

The victim met her son in 2020 and he compelled her to fight for justice and lodged a complaint against the accused brothers.

Now, twenty-eight years after the incident, the police through a DNA test have established that one of the accused is indeed the father, making her case stronger against the accused duo. Punjab Shocker: 15-Year-Old Girl Abducted, Raped by Man in Meharban; Arrested

"We will take this fight to its logical conclusion and ensure justice for my mother who has suffered enough," the victim's son told reporters on condition of anonymity.

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