Minor hospitalised after illegal abortion

JAIPUR: A minor was admitted to the government hospital in Banswara after developing complications following an illegal abortion.
Police has registered a case under POCSO section against a youth who allegedly got the 17-year-old girl pregnant. The accused had taken her to MP for an abortion, claims police.
The tribal girl is a student of Class X was admitted in the hospital on Saturday evening in a critical condition following the illegal abortion.
Tejaswini Gautam, SP, Banswara said, “The girl knew the accused for last one year but being a minor, her consent is irrelevant. Moreover, after impregnating her, the accused who is an adult, took her to MP for the abortion. She is currently recovering in the hospital here.”
The 21-year-old accused is being interrogated to get the details of the doctor and medical staff who carried out the abortion. “The girl is unable to recollect the exact details of where the procedure took place. Since she is still in the hospital, we are refraining from questioning her intensively. The accused has claimed that he took her to somewhere in the border town of MP for the abortion. Once we have the details, then the doctor and the medical staff also become co-accused in the case,” added the police official.
The case was registered at the Ambapura police station in Banswara district and seeing the gravity, police officials immediately got into action in tracing the accused.
The girl was taken to hospital by her family and SHO, Ambapura police station added, “It appears that the foetus wasn’t aborted properly due to which the girl had to be rushed to the hospital.”
The case has been registered under POCSO 3/4 (penetrative sexual assault), the punishment for which may extend to imprisonment for life.