Incident Reports

Minor girl raped in Janakpur

2015-04-21

Madhes, Dhanusha, Janakpur

Janakpur/Apr 22

A 10-year-old minor has been raped by her tuition teacher in Ramananda Chowk of Janakpur Municipality-9. She was living with her parents in a rented room in Laxmeswor Tiwari's home. The minor girl was raped by 20-year-old Dipendra Tiwari who is the son of the landlord, Laxmeswor Tiwari. On Tuesday evening Dipendra locked the door and forcibly raped the minor girl when she came to his room to seek help in reading lessons. It was revealed that Dipendra had repeatedly raped the minor in the past when she was alone. Parents of the victim came to know about the incident when they went to Dipendra's room looking for her and found her raped. Police arrested the accused rapist after they were informed about the incident. According to police, the arrested has confessed his crime. The victim is undergoing treatment in District Hospital Janakpur. The minor girl has suffered psychological and mental trauma due to the incident. Doctors informed that she was often afraid and cried sometimes. On Wednesday youths and civil society, leaders protested demanding severe punishment to the culprit. They also demanded proper compensation for the victim.

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 Education sector/teachers (private and public)
Actor 1 - Youth youth
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Students
Actor 2 - Youth youth
Total Raped 1
Female Raped 1
Youth Raped 1
Total Abducted o
Total damaged Buildings o
Severely damaged Buildings o
Totally damaged Vehicles o
Severely damaged Vehicles o
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