Ahmedabad: 14-year-old girl raped by neighbour

AHMEDABAD: The father of a 14-year-old girl from the Asarwa area of the city on Saturday filed a complaint with Meghaninagar police alleging that his daughter had been raped and assaulted by their neighbour during the wee hours on July 2 when he was in Rajasthan for some work, and his elderly mother and two mentally challenged sons — brothers of the girl, were at home.
The victim is a Class-7 dropout and her mother died during the delivery of her younger brother around 12 years ago.
The man, who sells papad to earn his livelihood, said that he had gone to Sirohi in Rajasthan as one of his relatives had passed away on July 1. He returned to the city on July 2 and found his daughter sad, depressed and uncommunicative.
On Saturday morning, when the complainant’s sister visited his house, he talked about his daughter’s behaviour with her and she asked her about her health.
“When my sister asked her if anything wrong has happened with her, my daughter broke down and told her that our neighbour Kalo Patni, 30, had raped her when I went to Sirohi,” he said in the FIR.
As she tried to resist, he had beat her mercilessly on her back due to which she constantly suffered back pain and severe ache in her lower abdomen, added her father in the FIR. The girl was admitted to Civil Hospital in Asarwa area where she is being treated for her injuries.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)