Two minors who had ‘eloped’ traced to Vapi, boy booked for rape

Nearly two weeks after they “eloped”, the police traced two minors, each aged 14, to Vapi district the place that they had been “living as a couple”.
The two youngsters had been introduced again to Vadodara late Sunday night time, police mentioned. While the woman was despatched to again to her house, the boy was detained for alleged rape after the previous’s household submitted a criticism, police added.

The minors, each college students of sophistication 9, are neighbours however belong to completely different castes. They had “eloped” on December 28 final 12 months from their house at Padamla village in Vadodara allegedly after affected by “separation anxiety” in the course of the lockdown.
On Sunday, the woman’s dad and mom lodged a criticism of rape after the 2 confessed that that they had been in a bodily relationship and needed to “live like husband and wife”, police mentioned.
According to the police, the 2 had run out of the Rs 30,000 that they had “stolen” from their respective houses — the boy had taken Rs 25,000 whereas the woman took Rs 5,000 — earlier than they allegedly eloped. To earn a dwelling, the boy had begun working as a “labourer” for a neighborhood garment dealer and earned Rs 366 per day, whereas the woman stayed house at their rented residence.
Police Inspector RS Dodiya of Chhani police station mentioned, “As per the law since the girl is a minor, the boy was booked for rape under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The boy has been sent to a juvenile home and now the Juvenile Justice Board will decide on his case.”
The officer added the 2 minors had not “married” however solely started dwelling collectively. “They rented a room for Rs 1,000 per month after they reached Vapi by a private taxi. The owner of the property claimed he had not suspected anything as the boy looked older than his actual age,” Dodiya added.
The woman, one other officer mentioned, has informed the police that she was planning to work as a home assist in adjoining homes within the locality in Vapi for incomes extra earnings.

Earlier, the police had mentioned the minors had been in contact with one another regardless of the lockdown, which was imposed March final 12 months, and had been “anxious” as a result of that they had been unable to fulfill one another bodily. While each of them studied in two completely different colleges, they might usually meet outdoors faculty hours, locals had informed the police.
On December 30 final 12 months, the boy’s household had registered a case of kidnapping after the 2 “eloped”, following which the police had initiated an enormous seek for the 2.