A man and his own son have landed in serious trouble with the law after they were found out to have, together, r*ped a young girl.
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A father and son in the south of India have been arrested by the police.
The duo were arrested for allegedly repeatedly r*ping a 14-year-old girl over a six month period.
The Independent reports that the girl, who was employed to do household work by the father, alleged she was repeatedly r*ped by the men from the day she started work at the house in Green Hills Colony in Hyderabad.
According to the Deccan Chronicle, she alleged she was beaten up by the men and their family members when she attempted to resist the sexual assault,
The father, Sudhakar Reddy, 60, and his son, Bharath Kumar Reddy, 30, both lawyers, reportedly absconded from police after the case was reported to authorities.
They have since been located and arrested.
The father’s eldest son, Tarak Ram Redddy, has also been charged with assaulting a neighbour. He had reportedly believed the neighbour had alerted activist groups to the alleged attacks which had led to the teenager leaving the house and reporting the case to police.
“I was sodomised by the father often and his son repeatedly r*ped me. When I tried to complain other members of the family beat me up,” the girl told Deccan Chronicle.
The teenager is reportedly pregnant and child rights activist group Balala Hakkula Sangham has reportedly called on authorities to allow the pregnancy to be terminated and for the government to sponsor her accommodation and education.