Image Source : PTI UP: 15-year-old rape survivor who was 7-month pregnant dies of septicemia
A 15-year-old rape survivor who was seven months pregnant died of pregnancy-related problems on the district hospital right here, police stated on Sunday. She was admitted to the hospital on Saturday night time and handed away on Thursday night time, they stated.
Senior Superintendent of the hospital Dr Subodh Sharma stated the woman was delivered to the hospital in critical situation and her well being deteriorated additional. Despite finest efforts by the medical doctors, she couldn’t be saved, he added.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Bareilly, Rohit Singh Sajwan stated, “The post-mortem report says that the death took place due to infection. The viscera of the girl has been preserved,” he added.
The father of the woman, who was mentally unsound, stated the household got here to find out about their daughter being six-month pregnant on December 6. He stated she was raped allegedly by a 30-year-old man in a sugarcane discipline in June final yr when she had gone out of the home for some work. The accused had threatened her that he’ll kill her relations if she revealed the incident to them.
The sufferer’s father filed a criticism at Fatehganj West police station relating to the rape of his daughter on December 4, following which a case beneath the POCSO Act and the IPC was registered in opposition to the accused, police stated. The accused was arrested on December 6, they added. Station House Officer of Fatehganj West police station Ashwani Kumar stated a charge-sheet has been filed within the case.
The woman’s father had sought permission from the district administration to abort her child however the permission was denied as medical doctors cited the being pregnant was of many days and a police case was on.
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