Another Kerala shocker: Dad abuses minor for two months
10 Dec 2012 4:58 PM IST
In yet another shocker, a six-year-old girl from Kurumpady in Kerala’s Ernakulam district was allegedly sexually abused by her 40-year-old father for six months after forcing her to drink alcohol.
Police have registered a case against the man, who is absconding, following a complaint from the girl’s mother. Police said the case has been registered under Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act and section 328 of IPC (giving liquor to a minor).
Ajeesh Ramachandran, Psychiatrist of the Government District hospital, Aluva, who treated the child, said the girl had stated that her father used to give her alcohol every day before sexually abusing her. She has also named 4-5 friends of her father who also abused her, he said.
The incident came to light after the child was first taken to a paediatrician and then a psychiatrist of a hospital at nearby Aluva when she showed some behavioural problems.
After some counselling sessions, the child informed Ajeesh that she had been sexually abused by her father and few others. The mother then decided to file a police complaint.
The girl’s parents are separated. The mother, who was with her two minor daughters, was living in orphanages and a year ago, she urged the father to take care of one of the daughters. The man took the six-year-old child with him six months ago.
The latest incident comes close on the heels of two other similar instances. In Kottayam, police arrested a man who had allegedly sexually abused his two minor daughters for two years, while in Kannur, the father, brother and uncle of a 13-year-old girl had been arrested on charges of raping her.
Police have registered a case against the man, who is absconding, following a complaint from the girl’s mother. Police said the case has been registered under Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act and section 328 of IPC (giving liquor to a minor).
Ajeesh Ramachandran, Psychiatrist of the Government District hospital, Aluva, who treated the child, said the girl had stated that her father used to give her alcohol every day before sexually abusing her. She has also named 4-5 friends of her father who also abused her, he said.
The incident came to light after the child was first taken to a paediatrician and then a psychiatrist of a hospital at nearby Aluva when she showed some behavioural problems.
After some counselling sessions, the child informed Ajeesh that she had been sexually abused by her father and few others. The mother then decided to file a police complaint.
The girl’s parents are separated. The mother, who was with her two minor daughters, was living in orphanages and a year ago, she urged the father to take care of one of the daughters. The man took the six-year-old child with him six months ago.
The latest incident comes close on the heels of two other similar instances. In Kottayam, police arrested a man who had allegedly sexually abused his two minor daughters for two years, while in Kannur, the father, brother and uncle of a 13-year-old girl had been arrested on charges of raping her.
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