HIV-infected girl alleges rape, forced abortion at Latur children’s home; 4 arrested

LATUR: (Jul 25) Four persons were arrested on Friday on the complaint of an HIV-infected girl that she was raped over a period of two years at a children’s shelter in Maharashtra’s Latur district and forced to undergo an abortion when she got pregnant, a police official said.

As per the complaint filed by the girl in Dhoki police station in her native Dharashiv district, the incidents took place between July 13, 2023 and July 23 this year at Sevalay, a home for HIV-infected children in Hasegaon here, the official said.

“As per her complaint, the child was at the institution for the past two years. She was allegedly raped by an employee of the children’s home four times. He also threatened her to not disclose the ordeal to anyone. The institution’s management did not help her and even tore up a letter she had marked for officials and had dropped into a complaint box,” he said.