Four minors convicted for raping class I girl student
The juvenile court on Tuesday convicted four minor orphans arrested for raping their nine-year-old schoolmate on the premises of a shelter, attached with an educational institute in suburban Bandra, the police said.
"The Principal Magistrate of the Juvenile Justice Board has convicted all the four boys for the rape", said Samad Sheikh, Senior Inspector of Bandra police station.
"When I arrested them, there were allegations levelled against me, but I personally worked for the case and the honorable court has found them guilty and made me vindicated", he added.
The victim was a student of Class I at St Catherine of Siena School, which also has a home for destitute children attached, in which, over 300 minor boys and girls live.
Boys of Class III, IV and V had confessed to have raped the girl, following which, they were arrested on April 7
According to police, the crime came to light when the authorities of the shelter and school held an interactive session with the inmates.
The police said that during the session every inmate was asked about their problems, when the victim told the authorities that she had been sexually abused by four boys- two of them are aged 12, one 9 and other 10- in the shelter, repeatedly since March.
Further, the shelter authorities had even called in a gynaecologist for counselling, when the victim explained how the boys abused her sexually, after which a police complaint was filed.
Later, the victim and the accused were taken to Nagpada Police Hospital for medical tests where the boys also told doctors there they had raped the victim.
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