12-year-old girl repeatedly raped by 4 in Haryana's Karnal
India TV NewsA 12-year-old girl has alleged that she was raped repeatedly by four persons, including a minor, on several occasions in Haryana's Karnal district, police said on Thursday. In her complaint, the girl has alleged that the accused, who live near her house in Karnal, committed the crime at her home when her parents used to be away for work, they said. "We received a complaint from the victim, who approached us with her parents on Tuesday and on the same day we registered the case under relevant provisions of law including under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act," Station House Officer, Karnal Police Station, Inspector Harjinder Singh said over the phone. The Haryana Assembly had in March 2018 unanimously passed a bill which provided for the death penalty to those found guilty of raping girls aged 12 years or less.