Yamunanagar: Minor delivers girl, kin booked for abuse

Yamunanagar, August 10

A minor girl (16), who delivered a premature girl at a private hospital here on August 8, was allegedly sexually abused by her cousin.

On the complaint of the mother of the victim, a zero FIR was registered against the accused under Section 6 of the POCSO Act at City police station, Yamunanagar, on August 9.

The complainant said her family belonged to Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, but for some years now, they had been living in Chandigarh where she worked as a maid.

She said that her sister-in-law (her husband’s sister) along with her family had also been living in Chandigarh.

She said that some members of her family and some members of the family of her sister-in-law had gone to their villages in Uttar Pradesh during the lockdown.

She said her two daughters and the son of her sister-in-law didn’t go to their villages and stayed in Chandigarh during the lockdown.

She added her daughters and the son of her sister-in-law lived in a room together until both families returned to Chandigarh from their villages.

“One of my daughters told me that she had been sexually abused by her cousin for months and she became pregnant,” the complainant said.

Anju Bajpai, director of Child Helpline, Yamunanagar, said that she got information that a minor girl had delivered a child at a private hospital of Yamunanagar.

She said the condition of the minor was fine, but the premature baby (delivered in the seventh month) was referred to PGI, Chandigarh, due to her critical condition. — TNS