14-year-old girl kidnapped, raped in Vizag for three days.

In a shocking incident, a 14-year-old girl was kidnapped and raped for three days at Thadiveedhi near King George Hospital in the city.

 

VISAKHAPATNAM: In a shocking incident, a 14-year-old girl was kidnapped and raped for three days at Thadiveedhi near King George Hospital in the city. The incident came to light when the girl managed to reach a window of the house and cried for help. Locals found her with her hands and legs tied and informed the cops on Saturday afternoon. The city police received a call through the `DG Dial 100' service and the Two Town police rescued the girl.

Deputy commissioner of police (zone-I law and order wing) C M Trivikram Varma told mediapersons that the victim was a Class VIII student residing with her grandparents at Tuni town of East Godavari district. After a fight with her grandparents, she went to Tirupati around 10 days ago to meet a friend, Prasad (21).

After staying in Tirupati with Prasad for five days, she returned to Tuni along with him. At Tuni railway station, T Veerababu joined them and promised to drop her at her grandparents' house but the duo took her to Vizag, where they kept her in Veerababu's house at Thadiveedhi. Veerababu, a native of Tuni who has been residing in Vizag for the past few months, raped the girl for three days.

While Veerababu was arrested at Anakapalli and confessed to the crime, cops have launched a manhunt for Prasad. Based on the girl's statement, the Two Town police registered a case under Section 376, 366 of IPC, Section 3 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act as well as Section 5 of the IT (P) Act.

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