Former Indian Army officer jailed for raping minor – Telangana Today

P Sridharan (59), a retired gunner of the Indian Army, was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment on Friday in the rape case of a minor girl reported by a special court in 2017.

Hyderabad: A special court in the city on Friday sentenced a retired Indian Army officer to 20 years in prison in the rape case of a minor girl, which was reported at the Market police station in 2017. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on him.

The convict, identified as P. Sridharan (59), a retired Indian Army gunner from Yapral, forcibly took the minor girl, who was returning from tailoring course, on his motorcycle.

He took her to a hotel room and raped her several times while keeping her locked up. Later, he dropped her on the road to Secunderabad railway station and fled from there. Sridharan threatened to kill her if she told anyone about him.

After reaching the orphanage where she was lodged, the girl reported the ordeal to a health worker. Based on the victim’s complaint, the market police registered a case and arrested Sridharan.