17-yr-old Girl Allegedly Raped By Father, 27 Others For Yrs, Who Are SP, BSP Leaders; 7 Held

A teenage girl in Uttar Pradesh has filed a complaint of rape by her father and his friends who used to come home for "business purposes".

The Police in UP's Lalitpur district has arrested seven people, including the survivor's father and district presidents of the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party.

The 17-year-old girl is a student of class XI and has accused 28 people of allegedly raping her.

Besides the father and the political leaders, the victim¡¯s relatives and local residents are among the accused.

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The police have got the girl medically examined. They have also recorded her statement before a magistrate.

According to reports, the survivor's mother had accused her husband of sexually assaulting their 10-year-old son as well.

Forced to make sexual relationships with men from the village, political leaders

The victim said her father raped her for the first time when she was studying in Class 6. Since then, her father has raped her on multiple occasions, she told police, according to a report by India Today.

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The victim also alleged that her father used to call other people for "business purposes". She was forced to have a sexual relationship with these people as well.

In her complaint, she also accused Samajwadi Party district president Tilak Yadav, his three younger brothers, BSP district president Deepak Ahirvar, another BSP leader Neeraj Tiwari and some of her family members of rape.

Based on the victim's complaint, the police registered a case against all the accused, including the father, under sections 354 (assault), 376D (rape), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 328, 506 (criminal intimidation), 120B and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act.