In a shocker from Maharashtra, a 15-year-old girl, who was an alleged victim of sexual exploitation, delivered a baby at her home in Nagpur after watching YouTube videos. She, however, killed the baby, said cops on Sunday.
A police official said the girl was sexually exploited by a man she got acquainted with on social media.
“She hid her baby bump from her mother by telling her that she was having some health issues,” the official said.
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Girl gave birth on own ‘to maintain secrecy’
To maintain secrecy, the girl, a resident of Ambazari area, hit upon the idea of home delivery and started watching YouTube videos. “On March 2, she gave birth to a girl at her home and immediately strangled the newborn to death. She hid the body in a box in her home,” the official added.
When her mother returned home, she questioned the girl about her health condition. “The girl narrated her ordeal to her mother, following which she was taken to a hospital. The body of the newborn was sent for postmortem,” he said.
A case was registered under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. The charge of murder will be invoked after receiving a postmortem report, the official added.
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Similar incident from the past
In a similar case reported on November 2020, a 16-year-old rape victim gave birth to a child on the terrace of her house in north Delhi’s Burari area and left the baby abandoned near a shop in the area.
Police traced the girl who told police that she was raped by a 60-year-old shopkeeper months ago. “The victim got scared and didn’t tell her mother about the rape,” said the senior police official.
“When the girl gave birth to the child on the terrace, she tried to lower the infant with the help of a rope and polybag. However, the baby started crying and the girl picked up the baby. She covered the baby with a cloth and put the baby near a shop far from her house and left the spot,” he said.
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“A case under sections of rape and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act was registered and the shopkeeper arrested,” he had said.
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