SOURCE ; NEW18
Last Updated:May 25, 2025, 23:53 IST
The girl was confined for two months where the accused sexually assaulted her, following which she got pregnant.
The girl’s ordeal came to light after some workers found out about it, following which Tilak Nagar police raided a house and rescued her. (Representational Image)
In a shocking incident, a 15-year-old girl was allegedly held captive in a house for two months, repeatedly raped, forced to undergo an abortion and was also forced into prostitution by a man known to her family in Maharashtra’s Dombivali, a police official said on Sunday.
Four persons, including a woman, have been arrested, though the main accused is still at large, an official said as quoted by news agency PTI.
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The girl’s ordeal came into limelight after some workers found out about the her confinement. They later informed the police following which Tilak Nagar police raided the house, located in a rural part of Dombivali and rescued her.
The victim’s mother, who sells food, came in contact with the main accused, who sells spices and was known to her family, the police said.
“The victim’s mother sells food and she came in contact with the main accused, who sells spices and was known to her family. When she had a fight with her mother after her Class 10th exams and walked out of the house, the main accused cajoled her into coming with him,” the official added as reported by the news agency.
The police further revealed that the girl was confined for two months where the accused sexually assaulted her, following which she got pregnant. Later the man took her to another individual for an abortion. She was then kept at a couple’s house, where she was forced into prostitution.
While the family was looking for her, the main accused misled them by saying he had seen the girl in the city but she was angry and would not return, he said, adding her kin approached police only after two months.
On the basis of the victim’s allegations before the police, four persons were arrested, including a woman and her husband. However, the main accused is on the run, the official said.
A case was registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 137(2) (kidnapping), 65(1) (rape in certain cases), 88 (causing miscarriage), 143 (trafficking of person), 144 (exploitation of trafficked person) as well as provisions of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act and Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Dombivli) Suhas Hemade told the news agency.
Police teams are carrying out further probe into the crime, he added.
(With inputs from PTI)
- Location :
Thane, India, India
- First Published:
May 25, 2025, 23:53 IST
