Daijiworld Media Network - Raipur
Raipur, Aug 19: Six people, including the father of a 16-year-old girl, have been arrested in Raipur for allegedly repeatedly sexually assaulting her, forging her Aadhaar card to show her as an adult and married, and allegedly handing over her newborn son to another person, police said.
According to a complaint registered at New Rajendra Nagar police station, the girl alleged that her father sexually assaulted her at a relative's house in Amlihdih and threatened to kill her if she disclosed the incident. Fearing for her safety, she did not initially report the alleged abuse.
Police said the father allegedly continued to assault her, resulting in her becoming pregnant. After the girl informed her aunt about the pregnancy, the aunt allegedly told her father.
The father allegedly brought abortion pills and, with the assistance of the aunt, assaulted the girl and forced her to take the medication, resulting in a miscarriage, according to the complaint.
Police said the father allegedly sexually assaulted her again on multiple occasions, following which she became pregnant in 2025.
After learning about the pregnancy, the father allegedly took her to the house of a woman known to him. The woman allegedly offered to keep the girl there and arrange for her delivery.
A few days later, the woman allegedly sent the girl to the house of one of her friends, where she stayed for around two months.
According to the complaint, the father's acquaintance allegedly concealed the girl's age, presented her as an adult and falsely claimed that she was married before admitting her to Vasudev Hospital in Danganiya, Raipur.
The girl subsequently gave birth to a son through a caesarean section.
Police alleged that following the delivery, the newborn was handed over to another person by the doctor, the girl's father and others allegedly involved in the matter.
The girl was allegedly made to sign certain documents, which she did out of fear. She was then kept at the house of her father's acquaintance's friend for around 15 days before her father allegedly took her back home.
The complaint further alleges that the accused forged the survivor's Aadhaar card, altered her age and falsely showed her as an adult and married in order to facilitate her admission and delivery at the hospital.
Based on the survivor's complaint, police registered a case at New Rajendra Nagar police station under Sections 64(2)(f), 65, 336, 337, 61(2), 351(2), 115(2), 89 and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 4(2), 5(n) and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Section 81 of the Juvenile Justice Act.
Taking the matter seriously, senior police officers directed New Rajendra Nagar police to take immediate action against those named in the complaint.
Police subsequently arrested six people, including the girl's father, and seized two mobile phones from their possession.
Further investigation and legal action against the accused are underway, police said.