Girl tortures boy, burns his private parts with iron rod

Pune: A 17-year-old girl has been booked for torturing and sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy in Kolhapur. The police has taken her into custody while the boy is receiving treatment to overcome his trauma.

According to the police, the crime came to light ten 10 days ago. Sanjay More, police inspector, Shahupuri Police Station said, “The girl — who stays with her parents at Tarabai Park in Kolhapur — had been sexually abusing the boy for some time. The girl, a school dropout, would burn the boy’s private parts with an iron. She would also physically and verbally abuse him regularly.” 

He added, “The boy resides with his mother in a slum in this area. He and other kids from the locality would play around the girl’s house. She then started to take care of him and he started living in her house for the past one year. As the boy’s mother is underprivileged, she allowed him to stay at the girl’s house. But as soon she started to sexually abuse him regularly, the mother contacted a children’s helpline.”

The NGO then approached the police. The boy, who was too disturbed to open up initially, was given counselling and treatment and he has resuming speaking since the past two days. “We are trying to get more information as to why the girl was abusing him and what else she had done to home,” said Mr More. 

He added, “We have taken the girl into custody and she has been booked under sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act. She will be sent to a juvenile home.”