According to CWC president Abhay Vitthalrao Vanave, in a statement sent to the Child Welfare Commission (CWC) of India on 11/11, the homeless girl said she had been bullied by 400 people in the Beed district of Maharashtra state. rape. Vanave said she named two officers in her complaint.
The girl was begging for money at a bus stop when three men allegedly forced her into prostitution, Vanave said.
Although the number of alleged rapists would be difficult to verify, the girl was able to identify at least 25 alleged perpetrators, he added.
The girl tried to file a police complaint against a man she alleges beat her, but officers didn’t register it, Vanave said.
When contacted by CNN on Monday, Beed police did not comment on the girl’s allegations against them.
In a statement Monday, the force said it had registered cases against eight men – including one minor – related to gang rape and sexual harassment and the Child Protection law. children from sex crimes, including harsher sentences with longer prison terms. They also registered a case under the Child Marriage Prohibition Act.
The girl told police she was married at the age of 13 to a 33-year-old man who sexually abused her, according to a police statement.
She also told police that she was sexually assaulted by her father, eventually causing her to leave both homes and sleep at the bus stop.
Women’s rights activist Yogita Bhayana said it was “the most tragic rape (rape) in history.”
“This girl is tortured every day,” she said, adding that the police did not protect her. “We want to take stern action against all perpetrators.”
India’s rape crisis
According to India’s National Crime Records Bureau, more than 28,000 alleged cases of rape of women were reported in 2020 – about one every 18 minutes. Experts believe the real number is much higher because many people don’t report it out of fear.
Later, reform of the law and harsher penalties for rape were introduced, including fast-track courts to hear rape cases more quickly and a revised definition of the crime. Rape includes anal and oral penetration.
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