CHANDIGARH: A dalit girl studying in Class-X has been raped by an upper caste jat boy in a village of the Jind district in Haryana.

Identified as Raj Kanwal alias Sandeep alias Kannu (19) , the accused, who is also a resident of the same village has been arrested. A case under sections 342,376, 506 of IPC, section 6 of POSCO Act and various sections of SC/ST Act has been registered against him at Aleva police station.

DSP Safidon, Virender Singh said that the medical examinations have confirmed that the victim was subjected to abuse. "further investigations are in progress and the accused will be taken to the place where he raped the victim," Singh said.

According to police the incident took place on September 25 when victim was returning home to have food during school recess. As she reached near a shop, the accused, who is Jat by caste , allegedly dragged her and took her to a room behind the shop.

"The accused not only abused her but also threatened her of dire consequences if she narrated the incident to anybody or any family member. Since victim’s father had returned home on Saturday, hence she narrated entire incident to him who approached police today for lodging the case," the DSP said further while referring to delayed filing of FIR.

Since the girl comes from dalit family and she had been abused, hence the addition of charges under POSCO Act as well as SC/ST Act had to be added.

Contrary to the denial by DSP, it has been alleged that boy’s family had been pressurizing the victim’s family to withdraw its complaint. It was only after the villagers met the Jind SP B S Rana, the police started the investigations after registering the case. Victim’s family as well as other dalit families of the village had threatened to migrate to some other place.