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BAREILLY: A 17-year-old girl was mercilessly thrashed by her parents and brother for several hours after they caught her talking to her boyfriend over the phone in Izzatnagar area on Saturday morning. They hit her repeatedly with a hammer on her feet to ensure she is not able to walk out of her house to meet him again. The girl, who sustained multiple fractures, was rescued by local social worker Yasmeen Jahan who informed the police and took her to the district hospital under police protection.

The victim, who completed her primary education from a madrassa, told TOI, “I was speaking with my boyfriend over the phone when my brother caught me. Later, my parents thrashed me for several hours and fractured my right arm and feet with a hammer. I am really scared as they wanted to kill me after they came to know of my affair.”

Police have registered an FIR under IPC’s sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 252 (punishment for assault or criminal force) and 506 (criminal intimidation). The father and brother of the victim have been detained while the girl is currently admitted in the district hospital.

Izzatnagar station house officer Manoj Tyagi said, “We have registered an FIR against the girl’s parents and brother acting on her complaint and detained her father and brother.

The girl’s father told us that their daughter went missing from the house on Friday night and was caught near the house of her boyfriend, who lives in the same locality. The medical examination report of the victim is also awaited, which would help us in deciding other charges in the FIR. The girl is being given police protection and a woman sub-inspector will probe the case.”

