Minor Gang Raped By 80 Men For 8 Months In Telangana

Police arrested all 80 accused and are on the lookout for others

On Tuesday, April 19, a 13-year-old girl in Telangana, who was forced into prostitution for over eight months, was rescued by the police force in Guntur. A probe revealed that she was gang raped by over 80 men during the last eight-months.

Police said that 10 men, including a B.Tech student, were arrested on Tuesday, April 19. Police have also arrested 80 people involved in the crime and are searching for more accused who are on the run.

The victim was adopted by a woman, Sawarna Kumari, who had befriended her mother at a hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic in June 2021. The girl's mother died due to Covid-19 after, and the girl was taken away by the woman without her father’s knowledge.

In August 2021, the father of the girl approached the police and filed a complaint against them. Based on this, police identified the main accused as the woman, Sawarna Kumari.

The first arrest in the case was made in January, and on Tuesday, April 19, Guntur West Zone Police made 10 more arrests, including a B.Tech student. They also rescued the survivor-victim.

While questioning the accused and the victim, police discovered the harrowing and shocking reality of the victim’s situation.

For the last eight months, the 13-year-old girl had been sent to different brothel houses in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana to be used in the flesh trade business. Based on this, police identified Sawanra Kumari, the woman who had taken the girl away, as the main accused who forced the minor into prostitution.

Additional Superintendent of Police K Supraja said that the police had identified 80 accused and had begun arresting them all. Of those, some are kingpins, 35 are pimps and the rest are customers.

“Taking advantage of the girl's age and situation, several gangs purchased the girl and took her to several places in the twin Telugu states and forced her into prostitution business,” revealed the ASP.

Police are searching for some more accused. “One of the accused in this case is in London,” said ASP Supraja.

Police have seized one car, 53 cell phones, three autos and bikes from the accused in this case. The accused were arrested from Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Kakinada and Nellore.

Police are hunting for other absconding accused involved in the eight-month gang rape of a 13-year-old minor girl in Telangana.