It’s like a horror story from medieval times, but it happened in the 21st century. A 16-year-old girl, not wanting to get married so early in life, turned down an alliance with the 28-year-old man who had come to “see” her. She wanted to study further. This enraged H. Rana, who extracted barbaric revenge.
The young girl was allegedly kidnapped and repeatedly raped by him to get her to agree to the marriage. Rana then told her father and brother that they had no option but to get her married to him since she has been raped and no one else would marry her. He made all sorts of threats if they didn’t approve of the marriage.
The girl and her parents have approached the police with a complaint against Rana, his father and brother.
The victim, a native of Karekallupalya village in Magadi Taluk of Ramnagar district is studying PUC in a government college and resides in a government-run women’s hostel in Yelechenahalli on the Kanakapura Main Road.
A few days ago, Rama called her on her mobile phone and told her to meet him at the city market or else he would get her parents killed. Fearing for her parents’ safety, the young girl rushed to the market. Rama ordered her to follow him if she wanted her parents to be safe.
He then made her board a private bus to Yediyur and from there took her in an autorickshaw to his relative’s house in Bellagundha village.
When she asked why she was brought to an unknown place, Rama replied that since she refused to marry him, there was no other alternative.
Meanwhile, the girl’s parents had reported the kidnapping to the police. On hearing of this, Rama instructed his associates to kill her parents and himself raped the girl in his relative’s house.