Sangla man arrested for raping 13-year-old niece: police
A man was arrested for raping his 13-year-old niece in Punjab’s Sangla Hills, the police said Wednesday.
“When the teenager narrated the crime to her family, her uncles and grandfather stabbed her and threw her into in a river,” according to an FIR registered by the survivor’s father.
The 13-year-old was immediately rushed to the hospital. The doctors said she was out of danger but has lost an eye.
The prime suspect, survivor’s uncles, and grandfather have been arrested. They confessed to the crime during questioning, the investigating officer said.
A case under sections of attempted murder and rape has been registered.
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