7-year-old raped by father inside tempo in Udaipur

Udaipur : In one of the most horrifying of crimes, a 7 year old girl was raped by her biological father inside a tempo on Sunday night at Surphala Kaya village under Goverdhan Vilas police station area of Udaipur. The 36-year old accused is a tempo driver and resident of Nai village, was arrested on Monday noon,police said.

On getting a complaint from the child’s mother on monday morning, the police swung into action and nabbed the accused from his hideout within 4 hours. The medical examination has been held and the child is hospitalised while the police has registered the case under the POCSO Act.

” We received a complaint from the rape survivor’s mother who said that her husband was a habitual drinker and used to assault her after drinking. The woman left her husband’s home and went to her parents house in Surphala some days ago. The accused went to meet her on Sunday around 9pm where they had a fight. He took away their daughter and left her back past midnight at the woman’s brother’s shop” Prem Dhande,DySP(Girwa) told .

The child was in a pitiable condition with blood stains on her clothes. She told her mother that her father took her in the tempo and did the wrong act. ” We recorded statement of the survivor’s mother, all her relatives who were present inside the home when the accused left the child. The potency test has been conducted and the tempo which was used, too has been seized” Dhande said. The accused would be produced before the court on Tuesday.