NAKODAR
The Mehat Pur police have booked four members of a family, including a woman, on charges of raping a minor and criminal conspiracy.
Investigating officer (IO ) Inspector Meena Kumar said that the accused have been identified as Avtar Singh, son of Mohan Singh a resident of Sadik Pur village under Shahkot police station, his wife Paramjit Kaur, sons Harnek Singh and Jorawar Singh.
The father of the victim complained to the police that the accused Harnek Singh and his brother kidnapped his minor daughter on July 7 midnight and took her into the house of Mohindar Singh Pardhan in his absence and where Harnek Singh forcefully raped her, and his brother stood guard outside and the accused threatened his daughter to keep shut her mouth or face dire consequences.
IO said the father and mother of the accused fully supported their sons in committing the crime and tried to save them, and pressured the victim’s family to sign blank papers.
IO said that a case under section 65(1) (rape on a woman under sixteen years), 61(2)( criminal conspiracy) 127(2)(wrongful confinement) 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the BNS and sections 6.17 of The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act has been registered against the accused and raids are being conducted to arrest them.