Seven year old raped by father and uncle

It's a sickening story. A man harrasses his wife for not bearing a son. And rapes his 7 year old daughter along with his brother and two nephews!  Child sexual abuse is a horrific crime and these monsters deserve the strongest punishment.

The Chinchwad police [Pune] on June 5 arrested the father, uncle and two cousins of a seven-year-old girl for allegedly 'gang-raping' her between May 13 and 31.

The suspects were arrested after the victim's mother complained to the police. The victim's father is a bus driver, a migran from from Bihar. The uncle works as a security guard, and cousins as contract labourers.

Deputy commissioner of police (Zone III) Dnyaneshwar Chavan said that the victim lived with her mother, who had separated from her husband. Her mother had picked up a job and used to leave the child at home. He said that during this time, her husband took teh daughter to his house, where he allegedly sexually abused her. The victim's uncle and cousins also sexually abused her.

The abuse came to light after the small girl complained of severe stomach pain. She was examined at a government hospital.

The four men were charged with committing an offence of gang-rape under section 376 (g) of the Indian Penal Code. A magisterial court in Pimpri has sent them to police custody till June 7.

According to the police, the victim's parents had married in 2003. After the girl was born, the husband's family started harassing the woman  The victim's mother had started staying separately, and had also lodged a complaint against her husband for subjecting her to cruelty in 2009.

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