Enraged over his sister’s relationship, a 29-year-old man allegedly raped his 22-year-old sister and inflicted cigarette burns on her body in Gujarat, Bhavnagar, police said, adding that the case was reported at a local police station after the survivor somehow gathered courage and dialed the state women’s commission helpline number. The suspect was arrested.
Police said the suspect, who resides in Bhavnagar, is a driver by profession. He is married. The suspect came to know that his younger sister had been in a relationship with a man from her same village for the past three years, said police, adding that instead of accepting her relationship, the man started blackmailing her.
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On July 13, when the suspect's wife had gone to visit her parents' home, he allegedly threatened her sister and outraged her modesty at knifepoint. After one and a half months, later on August 22, when the suspect's wife was again out for some work, he repeated the assault and burned her right thigh using a cigarette.
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Fedup with repeated assault and blackmail, the woman somehow gathered courage and approached the state women’s commission through a helpline number. As the incident came to the fore, the commission stepped in and reported the case to a local police station.
Subsequently, a case of rape was registered against the suspect brother, and he was arrested, said police, adding the woman’s medical examination was also conducted, and a knife plus other evidence was collected from the suspect’s home. Police said further investigation is underway.
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