Yadgir, 10 DEC

A POCSO case has been registered at the Kembhavi police station against a married man for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl from a village in Surapura taluk.

Police said that a case under BNS Section 65(1), 351(2) and POCSO was registered against Shivappa, a neighbour of the girl.

The girl's parents had gone to Bengaluru and were working as labourers there. The girl, who is studying in class 9, had gone to Bengaluru to stay with her parents a few months ago. She returned to her hometown to go to school.

Seeing that the girl was alone at home, Shivappa barged into her house at night and raped her. He raped the girl twice and also warned her against telling her parents, they said.

The girl, who had gone to Bengaluru again to visit her parents last month, developed a fever. When she was taken to a hospital, it was found that she was two months pregnant. Police said that when the girl was questioned, she told her parents that Shivappa had raped her and had threatened her.