Madikeri, December 26: A promising 15-year old sub-junior hockey player alleged that she was repeatedly raped by a married youth, which made her pregnant. The victim, a student of Class IX who played at a national school games competition, revealed this to her family members after doctors diagnosed that she was pregnant, police said. She is an under-17 player at the national school level.
The girl, a native of a village near Somwarpet town in Kodagu, was taken to hospital after she complained of pain in her abdomen. She told her parents that over several months, she was repeatedly raped by Mahesh, 24, of Bajegundi village near Somwarpet, who worked as a painter. He had threatened to kill her if she revealed this to anybody. The girl's mother had complained to police on Dec 15 that her daughter was missing since Dec 12. But the girl returned home on Dec 16 and during the inquiry, police got a hint about Mahesh. But Mahesh got away, promising the girl's mother that he would marry her. Police registered a case of rape after he allegedly refused to marry her.
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