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Dalit minor repeatedly raped; crime discovered when she was visibly pregnant

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Gruesome details of repeated gender-based crimes against a minor Dalit child who was raped in her home in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh (UP) have come to light. Her family came to know about it only when she showed symptoms of pregnancy and they took her to a doctor.

The 17-year-old girl was repeatedly raped by a man from her village, according to police at Suriyawa police station, reports PTI. The girl’s father complained to the victim at Suriyawa police station last week and filed a detailed written complaint against a certain Raju Gupta. According to details now available, the culprit, Raju Gupta, started visiting the girl’s house when no one was at home to commit the repeated crimes.

The police have now arrested 26-year-old Gupta, a resident of Dudwa Dharmapuri, and have filed a rape charge against him, according to SHO Ram Nagina Yadav. The charges against Gupta include rape, criminal intimidation and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

According to reports, the police had started searching for Gupta and he was finally arrested near Suriyawa railway station.

The All India Trinamool Congress (ALTC) has blamed the BJP for the incident on its account X (formerly Twitter), calling it an incident in the “BJP-ruled rape capital of the country”.

The national president of NSUI (National Students Union of India), the student wing of the Congress party, Varun Choudhury, also tweeted about the incident and asked if the government would take “concrete steps to protect our girls”.

Similarly, another gruesome rape incident against a Dalit woman was reported from Ballia, Uttar Pradesh in March 2024. The accused also made anti-caste remarks against her and threatened to kill her. The accused, a man named Lagandev Yadav, was reportedly arrested by the police after the rape victim’s mother filed a police complaint.

According to shocking figures, ten Dalit women are raped every day in India. Moreover, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has revealed that the number of reported rape cases against Dalit women has increased over the years, by 45 percent from 2015 to 2020.

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