Every 15 minutes a child is sexually abused In India, according to the
latest government figures. A recent data released by CHILDLINE show that close
relatives and neighbours are the key offenders in most of the sexual and
physical abuse cases in which children are victims. While boys in the age group
11-15 years are most prone to physical abuses of different nature, girls of the
age group 6 to 16 years are most prone to sexual abuse.
CHILDLINE came across a 17 years old girl from a small town in
Hyderabad, who went through same incident. During school summer holidays, the
girl visited her uncle’s place to spend few days. One day in absence of her
uncle, a 41 years old man living in the neighbourhood invited the girl child to
his house and sexually abused her. Later, the child revealed the incident to
her family and went directly to police station to register an FIR against the
abuser.
As soon as CHILDLINE got information about the case, they rushed to
the spot to intervene further. As a standard procedure, CHILDLINE team
presented the child before Child Welfare Committee (CWC) and medical tests were
suggested by CWC. The medical reports showed positive for sexual abuse. On the
basis of medical reports, police arrested the abuser and took him into custody.
CHILDLINE team provided proper counselling to the girl child to
overcome this incident. The child is now living with her parents and is now
healing physically as well as mentally.
Disclaimer:
Names and details have been changed to maintain confidentiality as
required.
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