2 minor girls raped in Ludhiana villages, relatives booked

Our Correspondent

Ludhiana, January 5

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her brother-in-law in the absence of family members on December 30, 2021, at Bilga village.

On a complaint lodged by the mother of the girl, the police have registered a case under Sections 376 and 506 of the IPC and Section 4 of the POCSO Act against Ravi Shukla, resident of Simraha village in Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh.

Ravi Shukla had come to visit his in-laws here and was staying with them.

According to the complaint, Ravi Shukla after raping the girl, threatened to kill her if she tells anybody about it. Ravi Shukla has not been arrested so far.

In another case involving rape of a 17-year-old girl at Bhamian Kalan village, the police have booked Sukhwinder Singh, resident of Shankar Colony in Bhamian Kalan, under Section 376 of the IPC and Section 6 of the POCSO Act. In this case also, the accused happened to be a close relative (husband of maternal aunt of the victim).

The mother of the victim complained to the police that the accused (maternal uncle) of the girl used to come to their house and frequently took her daughter for a round on his motorcycle. “On January 1, the accused took her to a vacant room in Ram Nagar in the village and sexually assaulted her,” said the mother of the victim.

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