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UP: Jealous cousins rape Class-VIII student for topping exams

UP: Jealous cousins rape Class-VIII student for topping exams

Jun 30, 2019
06:50 pm

What's the story

In a horrifying incident, a Class-VIII student was allegedly drugged and gang-raped by four of her cousins on a government school campus in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. Reportedly, a teacher was also involved in the sexual assault and the five accused also filmed the heinous act. A probe revealed that the crime was committed because the cousins were jealous of the victim excelling in studies.

Details

Cousins laced girl's food with sedatives; raped her during recess

Reportedly, the girl (16) was gang-raped several times during recess at the government school in Maholi thana area of Sitapur by her cousins, who were her seniors at the same school. The cousins would ask her to have lunch with them and serve her food laced with sedatives in the staff room, IANS reported. Thereafter, the cousins would gangrape the girl, who remained oblivious.

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Victim was told she fainted on the playground, say police

Speaking to IANS, Additional Superintendent of Police (North) Madhuvan Kumar Singh said, "Once the girl was sedated, the youths and their teacher took turns to rape her while one of them filmed the act on a mobile phone." Singh added, "When she regained consciousness, she was told she fainted on the playground and was hence, brought to the staff room."

Revelation

Girl realized she was raped after videos shared among family

Reportedly, the incident only came to light on Friday, when the accused cousins sent video clips of the assault among family members on a WhatsApp group. "[The girl] realized what went on during those times only after the clips were shared," a police officer told The Times of India. Singh told TOI the cousins gang-raped the girl several times over the past two years.

Action

Cousins flunked exams; were jealous of girl, who topped

Parents of the girl registered an FIR against all five accused on Saturday. One accused was arrested while the rest are absconding. A preliminary investigation revealed that they all live in a joint family, and the girl often stood first in class, leaving her cousins, who flunked exams, humiliated. The accused wanted to "cut her to size." The girl's medical report is awaited.