AGRA: A 13-year-old girl, who was allegedly kidnapped from Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri on January 15, has claimed that she was held captive by her kidnappers in Delhi and repeatedly gang-raped for eight days.
The only child of her parents, the girl was apparently rescued by her family. Accompanied by her parents, she went to Auncha police station on Thursday to file a complaint against the three accused -- Aakash from Etah district and Hariom and Guddu from Mainpuri.
Her family alleged that while police had registered an FIR the same day, they toned down the charges against the accused and merely registered a case of abduction against them under section 363 and 366 of the IPC.
The survivor’s uncle said in their complaint, a copy of which is in possession of TOI, they had clearly mentioned the sexual assault of the class VIII student. Instead of registering an FIR based on it, police had made the case into one of abduction only.
Her uncle said, “We did not inform police about the missing girl earlier due to social stigma attached to it and started searching for her on our own. After rescuing her from Delhi and learning that she was assaulted sexually by three men for eight days, we decided to file the police complaint.”
Inspector Rishi Kumar from Auncha police station admitted that the sections of sexual assault have not been added to the FIR yet. These would be added as per the statement she gives under section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure before a magistrate on Monday, he added.
The girl, who was in hospital, told reporters, “I was forcefully dragged by three men into a vehicle when I went out early morning. They took turns to sexually assault me for eight days. They threatened me with dire consequences, if I informed anyone.”
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)