STATE TIMES NEWS
KISHTWAR: Chatroo police has registered an FIR against 62 years old person for raping a minor girl who delivered a male baby at District Hospital Kishtwar who also died within hours of the birth.
According to sources, the hospital authorities at District Hospital Kishtwar informed the Kishtwar police that a minor and unmarried girl with labour pain was admitted at District Hospital Kishtwar.
Kishtwar police immediately rushed to the hospital and after recording the statement of victim’s mother, registered a case vide FIR No. 10 under Section 376 RPC at Police Station Chatroo against the accused Bajja Gujjar (62), son of Amdhu Gujjar, resident of Gurinal Chatroo and started investigation.
The victim’s mother informed the police that she shifted her to hospital after she complained of pain and there only doctors told her that victim was pregnant and is expecting a child.
Later, the victim delivered the male child who died within hours of his birth.
A senior police officer when contacted confirmed the registration of an FIR against the accused person. He said that police is yet to record the statement of the victim as she was not mentally and physically fit after delivery.
He said that the DNA samples of the deceased child has been preserved adding that same will be useful during the course of the investigation for ascertaining identity of the accused person involved in this crime.