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Teenage's rape: School says victim, sisters left voluntarily

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Press Trust of India Fatehabad (Har)
Last Updated : Jan 25 2013 | 5:33 AM IST

The teenage girl, allegedly raped repeatedly by a 60-year-old fruit seller for the past five months, and her two sisters were enrolled in the Government Middle School in a village in Haryana's Fatehbad district.

They were never expelled and left on their own, the school authorities claimed.

Wishing anonymity, a school functionary said "the family of the girls decided to withdraw them from the school and they were not expelled."

The man, who allegedly lured the victim, a student of class six, by offering fruits free of cost, was arrested by police yesterday.

A complaint lodged by mother of the girl with police alleged the man raped her daughter during school hours.

Haryana has witnessed a spurt in cases of rapes during the past two months.

  

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First Published: Oct 14 2012 | 7:55 PM IST

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