The father-in-law of an OAS Officer allegedly raped a minor tribal girl at the latter’s residence in the city for around five months and impregnated her.
The matter came to fore after the victim’s mother lodged an FIR at the Balichandrapur police station in Jajpur district. As per the complaint, the girl, who belongs to a poor family and hails from Nanpur area of Jajpur, was working as a domestic at the officer’s house in the Sailashree Vihar area.The bureaucrat’s father-in-law repeatedly raped the girl and threatened her to kill her if she revealed the matter to anyone, the woman alleged. The victim went to her house during Durga Puja and narrated the ordeal to her mother.
The family members of the girl took her to a medical facility, where it was revealed that she is pregnant. The victim’s mother has further alleged that the OAS Officer was forcing the girl to undergo abortion and threatening the family members for this purpose.
Police have registered a case under relevant sections of the IPC and POCSO Act. Recording of the victim’s statement at the POCSO court in Jajpur and her medical examination have been done.
