Uncle, Cousin held for raping minor | | | Early Times Report Kishtwar, July 21: After month long hectic efforts, Kishtwar police finally manged to arrest Uncle and Cousin for raping 17 year old minor girl from Kuntwara area of Kishtwar District. As per the details available with "Early Times" police party from police station Kishtwar under the supervision of SHO Kishtwar Sameer Jeelani on the basis of specific input conducted raid at the residence of accused who were evading arrest since the surfacing of the incident on 20-06-2015 and arrested both the accused namely 32 year old Indresh Kumar son Puran Chand (Paternal brother of victim's father), father of three and 28 year old Munshi Ram son of Swami Raj, first cousin of the victim, father of one child both resident of Kuntwara, Tehsil Drabshala and District Kishtwar for committing repeated rape on her as the result of which the victim gave birth to a child at District Hospital Kishtwar. Soon after, Kishtwar police registered FIR against both the accused. As per the police case, the father of minor victim girl is a poor laborer and often remained engaged outside for earning his livelihood, while his wife, three sons and one minor daughter remained at home. On 18-06-2015, his minor daughter (Name withheld) complained about pain in her stomach, upon which he took her to District Hospital Kishtwar where after medical checkup, the doctors informed him that his minor daughter was pregnant. On inquiry, his minor daughter disclosed that accused Indresh Kumar and Munshi Ram had raped her and threatened to eliminate her in case she disclosed the same to anybody. |
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