Minor Dalit girl raped repeatedly, crime came to light when she became pregnant

A horrific incident of repeated rape of a minor Dalit girl was witnessed in Bhadohi, UP. The accused has been arrested and charged with rape and other crimes, but this is the latest in a rapidly increasing number of gender crimes against Dalit women. NCRB data shows that ten such rapes are committed against Dalit women and girls every day, with such crimes increasing by 45 percent between 2015 and 2020.

A horrific incident of repeated sexual crime against a minor Dalit girl in her own house has come to light in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh (UP). The family came to know about this when she showed signs of pregnancy and they took her to the doctor.

According to the police of Suriyava police station, the 17-year-old girl was repeatedly raped by a man from her village, PTI reported. The girl’s father had lodged a written complaint against a man named Raju Gupta at Suriyava police station last week. As per the information available now, the culprit, Raju Gupta, had started visiting the girl’s house when no one was at home to commit the crime repeatedly.

According to SHO Ram Nagina Yadav, the police have arrested Gupta, 26, a resident of Dudwa Dharmapuri, and registered a case of rape against him. Gupta has been charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) along with the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

The police reportedly launched a search for Gupta and arrested him near Suriyawa railway station.

The All India Trinamool Congress on its X (formerly Twitter) account has blamed the BJP for the incident and called it an incident in the “BJP-ruled rape capital of the country”.

Varun Choudhary, national president of the NSUI (National Students Union of India), the student wing of the Congress party, also tweeted about the incident and asked if the government will take any concrete steps to protect our girls?

Similarly, another heinous incident of rape of a Dalit woman was reported in March 2024 in Ballia, UP. The accused also passed casteist remarks against her and threatened to kill her. The accused, Lagandev Yadav, was reportedly arrested by the police after the rape victim’s mother lodged a complaint with the police.

According to horrifying statistics, 10 Dalit women are raped every day in India. Moreover, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has shown that the number of registered cases of rape against Dalit women has increased over the years, rising by 45 per cent from 2015 to 2020.

Courtesy : Hindi News