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Minor raped by juvenile with the help of mother and father

The number of crime against the minors are increasing as the days go by, calling for the need for a strict law to protect them.

Another minor has been raped and is hospitalized. A 13-year-old girl is in critical condition after she was allegedly raped and beaten by a 16-year-old juvenile in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur Dehat district, the police said on Tuesday.

The accused, a neighbor, allegedly committed the crime in the presence of his sister in Shivli town on Sunday, said Ratan Kant Pandey, Kanpur Dehat deputy inspector general (DIG).

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The girl was seriously injured by the juvenile and his parents who beat her up badly. They threatened her with dire consequences if she dared to speak up, before letting her go home, Pandey said.

The girl was admitted to a district hospital, from where she was shifted to Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital in Kanpur. Her condition is said to be critical, the DIG said.

The victim, however, narrated the incident to her family, who reported it to Shivli police station on Monday, the officer said.

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An FIR was registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the juvenile has been detained and his father and mother arrested today, he said.

The relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act will be charged against the culprits, he added.

This comes on the heels of a series of cases of rapes and murders which have taken the country by a storm.

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