RAPED A HEARING INPAIRED TEEN : CRUELTY ON PEAK

By Anshika Khera

A 14- year old speech and hearing impaired teen was gang raped by four people including a  minor. The girl was raped in an autorickshaw in Assam. The four people have been arrested on Monday for raping the teen. This incident took place in Sribhumi’s Ratabari area on August 16. The accused has been identified as Islam Uddin, Monir Uddin, Dilawar Hussain and one minor.

“The victim and her younger brother were going to their uncle’s house to participate in Janmashtami celebrations. They were walking, suddenly an autorickshaw stopped, one of them pushed the younger brother on ground and forcefully took the minor girl into the autorickshaw and gang-raped her,” said a police official.”The victim’s brother went home and informed the parents about the incident. After a long search, the minor girl was found roadside.” He added. 

The official said that “For three hours the minor girl was lying at the side of the road in an unconscious state. She was later admitted to hospital for treatment”. The accused have been produced before the court and remanded to three days of police custody while the minor accused was produced before the Juvenile justice board and have been shifted to a shelter home, as reported by Sribhumi senior Superintendent of Police.