Solving Crime: How a newly constructed Mumbai building held clues to rape case of minor who could not hear or speak
In December 2016, a minor was taken to a hospital complaining of a stomach ache. She was four months pregnant and had allegedly been raped.
For lakhs of Mumbaikars, this decision assumes significance as despite residing in their own homes for many years, they have been legally considered ‘unauthorized occupants’.
(File) It was a routine monthly meeting of Mumbai police officials in 2017. As cases were reviewed, and unsolved cases were brought up, Crime Branch officials heard about a case that had left senior Mumbai police officers exasperated. It was the rape of a 14-year-old hearing- and speech-impaired girl.
The Crime Branch decided to take over, and officials were quickly apprised of the facts of the case. In December 2016, the 14-year-old minor from the northern suburbs of Mumbai was taken to a hospital after she complained of a stomach ache. The girl was four months pregnant and had allegedly been raped.
The police were informed, following which a rape case was registered against unidentified accused. Even as the girl’s family decided to terminate the pregnancy, the local police began investigating the matter. But there were communication barriers as the girl could not speak, and the police could not make much headway.
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