Now, a victim as young as 7 years old.
By The American Bazaar Staff
NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh’s sexual assault and rape woes continue to grow, as a trio of new cases have arisen that add to the recent spate of shame that the state is suffering from.
Police announced on Friday that a seven year-old girl in the village of Devkali, which is located in Jaunpur’s Sujanganj district, was raped outside of her house by a 17 year-old boy, who has been taken into custody by the police, reported the Press Trust of India.
Details are vague, but the girl was allegedly sleeping outside of her house when the boy assaulted her. Her screams were heard by neighbors and family members within the house, who broke up the incident and reported it to the police. The investigation is still ongoing
In the state’s Sitapur district, another girl was the victim of an abduction and rape. The girl, who is 20 years of age, was the second assault victim in Sitapur in as many weeks, with another young girl having been raped and killed in the district last week.
The girl was raped by her boyfriend, who has been identified as Ambreesh, and three of his friends. According to the Times News Network, the victim was abducted on Wednesday night and kept in a small, confined room. Ambreesh then drugged her, and during this period, she was assaulted by all four men.
The victim and Ambreesh were walking back to her home when she fainted, drawing the attention of the cops nearby. The girl then filed the complaint, and the men have been arrested.
In Varanasi, an autorickshaw driver and a rickshaw puller have been accused of raping a 17 year-old girl in the city. Making matters worse is the fact that the allegedly victim is mentally handicapped. The accused – Parasnath Patel and Suresh Yadav, respectively – reportedly took the girl into an isolated part of an orchard, where they were discovered by the orchard’s caretaker and other passers-by.
Moving down south, an IT worker in Bangalore was also raped by a man in Electronic City. The incident reportedly happened at knifepoint, and the unidentified assaulter robbed the woman, originally from Jharkhand, of Rs. 1,000 before absconding. The rape happened in the woman’s Paying Guest room, reports the Bangalore Mirror, and the 23 year-old victim was kept from screaming under threat of death.
Police are currently investigating the case, and are looking at all possible leads to narrow down the list of suspects. Security cameras and guards were not present at the location where the incident allegedly occurred last weekend, making identification of the man difficult. The victim has already undergone a medical examination at the local St. John’s Hospital.
In Tamil Nadu, two young girls were sexually assaulted while staying in a hostel about 500 km from the city of Chennai. The girls, ages 13 and 10, were sleeping when an unidentified man entered the room and assaulted them. He fled when the girls began screaming, thus drawing the attention of neighbors nearby. The man has not yet been nabbed.