Woman in Gujarat kept as a sex slave by her two uncles, her child buried alive

Horrific ordeal of a woman who was forced into sexual slavery.

By Dileep Thekkethil

BENGALURU: The ordeal of a 23-year-old-rape survivor from Gujarat is the latest to shock the nation, that wakes up daily to reads or hear about news of violent crimes against women.

The victim narrated her ordeal of being kept captive by her uncles who incessantly raped her over a period of three-years and after she gave birth to a child out of rape, abducted the baby and buried it alive to hide their diabolic act.

The barbaric incident was reported by The Indian Express. The report said the girl, who is now under the protection of her brother, is in a state of mental trauma and is suffering from intermittent mood shifts.

According to the report, the girl was taken into the custody by her uncles, who stay just 80 meters from her brother’s house, on the pretext that she could help with their household chores. The uncles, who are deemed notorious by the villagers, kept her captive and didn’t even allow her brother to meet her.

The girl was quoted by Indian Express saying “The first time they raped me, I cried for help and didn’t eat for two days. I have become numb now. They all tell me that I have lost my mental balance because they see me smile sometimes. What do I do? I am smiling because I got freedom after I delivered that baby and my brother got them put behind bars”

She also said “They were like animals. One of them used to keep me tied to the bed and rape me when the other was at the field.”

The uncles had a well scripted plan even after she got married to a farmer from a nearby village. They ruined her marriage by telling his family that the girl was unfit for their family and took her back home with them. They then started her mental and physical torture again.

The brother said, “My uncles, who never married, had an eye on her ever since she grew up. After they got her separated, they wanted to have her in their house as their ‘keep’. They didn’t want to marry her off. They wanted her to cook, clean and serve them.”

He lodged a complaint at Viramgam rural police station on April 24 against his uncles and an FIR was registered citing charges under Sections 376, 302 and 356 of the Indian Penal Code for raping and abducting her and murdering her new born baby.

When asked about her lost baby, the victim put up a brave face to say “I don’t even call it my child. I don’t even know who out of the two fathered that child. The shattering part is that I experienced motherhood out of rape and not out of my marriage with a man with whom I had started a new life.”

S M Ramani, the Investigation officer and inspector of Viramgam rural police station said, “The case shocked us ever since it was registered. The senior officers in police looked into it and we made no delay in arresting the accused. We have sent the remains of the baby’s body as well as the blood samples of both the accused for forensic tests. The experts will do a DNA test to ascertain the parentage of the child. We are awaiting the forensic test report.”