UP: Minor girl raped by uncle


Jaunpur, A 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her uncle in a village of the Khuthan area in this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Saturday. Police here said that the victim’s father has alleged that his brother-in-law Rahim, a resident of a village in the Sarpataha police station area, lured his daughter and took her with him in the evening of August 30. The girl was later found near an Inter college situated near the village on Friday. The family brought her home where she shared her ordeal. As per the family members, the accused took the girl to a relative’s house in Jaunpur city and then a village in the Sarpataha area where he raped her. The victim’s father has furnished a written complaint identifying the accused at the police station. Police have booked the accused uncle under sections of rape and the POCSO Act. The victim has been sent to the district hospital for a medical check-up. Police are on the lookout for the absconding accused.

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