Incident Reports

Teen held for raping nine-year-old in Rautahat

2016-07-04

Madhes, Rautahat, Gaur

Police in Rautahat arrested a teen on the charge of raping a nine-year-old girl. The girl was reportedly raped on Friday late afternoon while grazing goats by the 17-year-old Shankar Sah (aka Sunil) from Gaur Municipality-10. The boy had also threatened to murder the alleged victim as she cried in defense and tried to escape from his clutches, according to police. After five hours of the incident, the girl explained the incident to her mother, who then filed an FIR with police seeking action against the perpetrator. The girl was sent to the Gaur-based District Hospital for medical tests, informed DSP Nabin Krishna Bhandari. The medical test proved rape as the forced sex had left wounds and scars on private parts of the victim, informed Dr. Yashmin Pravin at the District Hospital. Bhandari said police personnel was able to nab the suspect from the Nepal-India border in Mahuliya of Mathiya area of the district with the help of villagers. Police said they are interrogating the youth after receiving a remand from the District Court for further investigation. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Sexual Assault
Weapons None
Primary Cause Rape/sexual assault
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth youth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Citizen/Individuals
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Raped 1
Female Raped 1
Youth Raped 1
National/Online Media

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