Adilabad: The Devapur police booked five persons under Criminal Amendment Act -2013 for sexually assaulting a minor girl studying Class IX over past nine months. The girl was a native of Pallamguda in Kasipet mandal of this district.
The police filed the cases against accused when the victim’s family brought the issue to the notice of the police late on Thursday night.
It is found that an elderly person, father of a prime accused also sexually exploited the minor girl. Parents of the girl came to know the issue only when their daughter fell sick and confirmed that she was pregnant and the girl revealed about how the accused sexually exploited her. The girl’s parents brought the issue to the notice of the village elders who conducted a meeting.
The village elders tried their best to settle the matter in a village meeting by offering Rs 2.50 lakh compensation to the girl’s family and one among the accused has to marry the girl.
But, the accused refused to marry the girl and the issue came to light and started making rounds in the village. Meanwhile, the issue came to the notice of the local police who investigated the incident. The girl was studying at in Kasipet.
