JOIN USA six-year-old girl was sexually abused by her father and his friends after she was forced to drink alcohol at Perumpavoor near Kochi in Kerala.
The incident came to light after the girl showed some behavioural problems. She was first taken to a paediatrician and then to psychiatrist Ajesh Ramesh. The girl told Ramesh that her father Kora had sexually abused her several times after making her drink alcohol. He then offered her to his friends too, Ramesh added.
Following a complaint by the girl’s mother, police registered a case against 40-year-old Kora, who is absconding, under Protection of Children against Sexual Offences Act and IPC Section 328 (giving liquor to a minor). The victim’s mother said she had divorced her husband six months ago and one of her two daughters was with him as per the court order. She suspected that the girl has been abused since then. More shocking was the mother’s accusation that though she had lodged a complaint, the inspector concerned has failed to take action after which she approached the Superintendent of Police (Rural).
The latest incident comes close on the heels of two other similar instances. In Kottayam, police arrested a man on charges of sexually abusing his two minor daughters, while at Dharmadom in Kannur, the father, 15-year-old brother and an uncle of a 13-year-old girl were arrested last month on charges of raping her.