<p> Details of the incident in the sleepy, low-income Seethamma Colony came to light two days ago when Bangaru Edukundalu’s son, Srinivasa Rao, complained against him at the Nagaram Palem Police Station under Guntur West.<br /><br />In his complaint, a shocked Srinivasa Rao alleged that on Firday, when he was away from town, his mother made his wife Nagalakshmi swallow a sleeping pill claiming that it was for infertility. After an unsuspecting Nagalakshmi lost her senses, she was raped by Bangaru Edukundalu.<br /><br />Nagalakshmi, who gained consciousness after a short while, recognised that the rapist was her father-in-law. She was tied to the bed by her in-laws but she was freed by her neighbours who came running on hearing her loud wails.<br /><br />Nagalakshmi was then sent by the police for medical tests to the Government Hospital in Guntur on Thursday.<br /><br />In-laws’ plot<br /><br />The incident was as per a plot hatched by Bangaru and his wife to keep the family going, as both the sons of the couple were childless despite being married for several years. <br /><br />They wanted a child for one of their sons and hence thought of drugging and raping Nagalakshmi. <br /><br />Police have taken the couple into custody and are investigating.</p>
<p> Details of the incident in the sleepy, low-income Seethamma Colony came to light two days ago when Bangaru Edukundalu’s son, Srinivasa Rao, complained against him at the Nagaram Palem Police Station under Guntur West.<br /><br />In his complaint, a shocked Srinivasa Rao alleged that on Firday, when he was away from town, his mother made his wife Nagalakshmi swallow a sleeping pill claiming that it was for infertility. After an unsuspecting Nagalakshmi lost her senses, she was raped by Bangaru Edukundalu.<br /><br />Nagalakshmi, who gained consciousness after a short while, recognised that the rapist was her father-in-law. She was tied to the bed by her in-laws but she was freed by her neighbours who came running on hearing her loud wails.<br /><br />Nagalakshmi was then sent by the police for medical tests to the Government Hospital in Guntur on Thursday.<br /><br />In-laws’ plot<br /><br />The incident was as per a plot hatched by Bangaru and his wife to keep the family going, as both the sons of the couple were childless despite being married for several years. <br /><br />They wanted a child for one of their sons and hence thought of drugging and raping Nagalakshmi. <br /><br />Police have taken the couple into custody and are investigating.</p>
