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Rajasthan: 14-year-old delivers baby in Jodhpur, accuses three teens of rape | Jodhpur News
JODHPUR: A 14-year-old girl gave birth to a baby in a government hospital here on Sunday night. She had been referred to the hospital from her village in Balesar subdivision of Jodhpur considering the complicacy of the case.
After learning about the incident from the hospital administration, police reached there. The girl’s parents named three minor boys of her school of violating her.
“We have taken the statements of the girl and registered an FIR against three minor boys as per her statements”, said DSP (Balesar) Raju Ram Choudhary. He said the named boys, who according to the girl had violated her, also study in the same school of the village.
Police also informed the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), following which the president of the CWC, Dhanpat Gurjar, reached the spot and obtained details from the girl and her parents. “On Sunday, the girl suffered severe intense pain in her stomach, following which her parents took her to the health centre in village. But considering the complexity of the matter, they referred her to Umaid Hospital in Jodhpur,” said Gurjar, adding that she delivered a baby in the hospital late Sunday night. Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has also taken notice of the issue and its chairperson Sangeeta Beniwal visited her at the hospital on Monday afternoon and talked to the girl and the family.
According to Beniwal, the girl studies in the 9th standard and has not yet not fully opened up about the entire incident.
“I have sought factual report from police and have also asked about taking the DNA sample of the baby”, she said.
Beniwal said she had named 3 boys of her class who took her in a jeep to some place and one of them raped her, which she said, needed to be investigated.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
After learning about the incident from the hospital administration, police reached there. The girl’s parents named three minor boys of her school of violating her.
“We have taken the statements of the girl and registered an FIR against three minor boys as per her statements”, said DSP (Balesar) Raju Ram Choudhary. He said the named boys, who according to the girl had violated her, also study in the same school of the village.
Police also informed the Child Welfare Committee (CWC), following which the president of the CWC, Dhanpat Gurjar, reached the spot and obtained details from the girl and her parents. “On Sunday, the girl suffered severe intense pain in her stomach, following which her parents took her to the health centre in village. But considering the complexity of the matter, they referred her to Umaid Hospital in Jodhpur,” said Gurjar, adding that she delivered a baby in the hospital late Sunday night. Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has also taken notice of the issue and its chairperson Sangeeta Beniwal visited her at the hospital on Monday afternoon and talked to the girl and the family.
According to Beniwal, the girl studies in the 9th standard and has not yet not fully opened up about the entire incident.
“I have sought factual report from police and have also asked about taking the DNA sample of the baby”, she said.
Beniwal said she had named 3 boys of her class who took her in a jeep to some place and one of them raped her, which she said, needed to be investigated.
(The victim’s identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
