VIRAMGAM (Web Desk) – A woman was allegedly repeatedly raped and delivered a baby later in Viramgam town of Ahmedabad district.
The woman’s uncles, who had been allegedly raping her, allegedly stole the baby suspected to be born out of the alleged rapes, from a hospital in Mehsana where she was admitted and buried it in Sanand.
The 23-year-old victim belongs to Jamalpur village of Viramgam. She lodged a complaint of repeated rape and harassment by her two uncles in Viramgam rural police station on April 24.
She got married three months back, but her uncles brought her back to Jamalpur from her husband’s house after fighting with him.
As per the case details, the victim’s uncles claimed to take care of the woman over the last few years since her parents are reportedly mentally unfit. Both uncles, who are unmarried, live on the family farm land while her parents live in a hutment in the village. They used to allegedly call her home, rape her and threaten her of dire consequences if she spoke about it to her parents.
They kept a constant watch on her to ensure she didn’t reach the police station.
After they brought her back from her husband’s house, they held her captive in their house and allegedly did not even let her parents or her brother meet her. When they learnt that she was pregnant, they decided to get the delivery done in a hospital outside Ahmedabad to ensure secrecy.
Twenty days back, she was admitted to a hospital at Kadi in Mehsana. However after a few hours of the delivery, the accused took the baby in bag and allegedly buried it in a farmland in Sanand. When her brother managed to find out that she was in Mehsana, he contacted her after which they contacted Ahmedabad District police.
The Viramgam police arrested the elder brother while the younger one is on the run. The police also took the accused to the farmland in Sanand to dig up the place where the new born was allegedly buried.
Inspector Ramani of Viramgam rural police said, “The remains of the body were found. We have sent it for a forensic probe. The accused have been raping and abusing the victim and also killed her child. It’s only after a forensic analysis that we will able to ascertain more details in the case.”
The police are further probing when the girl got pregnant and whether she was forced to marry to hide the pregnancy.
