A tribal girl was ditched by her lover after she was six months’ pregnant and demanded him to marry her. The accused who was jailed for the crime has been released on bail but is preparing to marry another girl. The victim girl has sought aid from the administration.
Sources said, the 18- year- old victim girl, a resident of Chakramal village under Sadar block of Sundargarh, had fallen in love with one Mahada Munda (21), a resident of the same village in 2011. Mahada, after promising her to marry, had regularly kept physical relationship with the girl. However, when the girl became pregnant and demanded Mahada to marry her, the latter started avoiding her.
He even disowned that he had made her pregnant. Thereafter, finding no other alternative, the victim lodged an FIR in the Sadar police station, Sundargarh on November 6 last against Mahada.
Since the girl was a minor at that time, the police after registering a case of rape against Mahada arrested him and forwarded him to court. But after few days, accused Mahada was released from jail on bail.
According to sources, after coming out of jail, Mahada is now searching another girl for his marriage. Recently, some women of Gayatri Self Help Group (SHG) of Chakramal village along with the victim girl met Sundargarh Superintendent of Police R Prakash and apprised him about the pathetic condition of the girl. They also
demanded compensation for the victim from the District legal Aid.