Minor girl raped by her cousin in Hyderabad
Due to family ties he often visited the girl's house in the absence of her parents.
Hyderabad: A 17-year-old deaf and dumb girl was allegedly raped by her cousin in KPHB. Police said that Maniprabhu had promised to marry the girl and was having intercourse with her since two years, but refused to marry her later.
Police said Maniprabhu, 24, is a cousin of the girl. The girl’s father is an autorickshaw driver and mother a housewife and they stay at the HMT colony in KPHB.
Due to family ties he often visited the girl’s house in the absence of her parents. The girl fell in love with him and he also agreed to marry her. Due to this the girl’s parents never objected to him coming home.
"Since two years they were in a physical relationship,” KPHB inspector Kushalkar said. Based on a complaint from the girl’s parents a rape case and a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act were registered. A hunt is on for Maniprabhu.