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CHANDIGARH: A day after a 10-year-old rape victim gave birth to a girl child at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, another teenage victim of incestuous rape is awaiting delivery.



Mohit Khanna

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 18

A day after a 10-year-old rape victim gave birth to a girl child at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, another teenage victim of incestuous rape is awaiting delivery.

The 15-year-old, who was raped by her elder brother twice at their house in Sarangpur village, is all set to deliver a child.

She will be shifted to the PGI in a couple of days and will be kept in the hospital till her delivery.

Sources said the PGI had formed a board of doctors to examine the health of the rape victim, who is now over eight months pregnant. The sources said most likely, the delivery would take place next week through the C-section.

“For us, each case is equally important. After the 10-year-old gave birth to a girl child, our department is ready for another challenging teenage delivery,” said a woman official of the Social Welfare Department.

Sharing the plight of the incestuous rape victim, she said the family had decided to part ways with the girl in July after it was discovered that the victim was over seven months pregnant and the rapist was none other than her brother.

On July 16, the police had registered a case and soon after, the victim had recorded her statement before a local court.

The sources said the girl’s mother had passed away a few years ago. Following her mother’s death, the victim was looking after the house and used to cook food for the family.

As she used to remain alone at home, she became the subject of incestuous rape.

She reportedly did not share the matter with other family members fearing that it would cause social embarrassment. “By the time the pregnancy was discovered, it was too late to terminate the pregnancy,” said the official.

While the accused was arrested, the girl was rescued by the Chandigarh Child and Women Development Corporation. Ever since the girl’s family has not visited her once. “Similarly, the victim also does not want to visit her house for fear of social embarrassment,” said one of the officials.

Harjinder Kaur, chairperson of the Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CCPCR), said the teenage rape victim was under their custody for nearly a month.

Sources said the department had hired four attendants who would take care of the newborns.

To be shifted to PGI

She will be shifted to the PGI in a couple of days and will be kept there till her delivery. Sources said the PGI had formed a board of doctors to examine the health of the rape victim, who is now over eight months pregnant.

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