Minor girl delivers baby after being raped by uncle

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In a shocking incident a fifteen-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by her uncle, a migrant worker from Uttarakhand, has given birth to a boy at a government hospital in Gurugram.

Based on a complaint given by the victim's mother the police have registered a case against the absconding accused uncle of the rape survivor under sections of IPC including rape, criminal intimidation and under section 6 of the POCSO Act at the Kherki Daula police station. In her complaint, the mother said that she lives with family in a village under the Kherki Daula police station area both the woman and her husband work in a private company. Their 15-year-old daughter is a student in class 10 at a nearby school.

The woman alleged that her brother-in-law also lives in a rented house in their neighbourhood used to call her daughter on some pretext to his house and raped her.

"On August 26, my daughter's health deteriorated due to which the mother took her to ESI Hospital in Gurugram from where she came to know about her pregnancy," the mother told the police.

Seeing her condition, the ESI doctors shifted her to the Civil Hospital and informed the police. At the hospital, the girl gave birth to a boy.

Later the matter was reported to the police who recorded the statement of the girl along with her mother.

Inspector Rajender Singh, station house officer (SHO) of Kherki Daula police station said, "The case has been registered and the hunt to nab the accused is on. The rape survivor and her newborn are stable in condition and admitted to a government hospital."

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