Dad, brother, uncle rape Kerala minor

The police is investigating the alleged tampering of the dying declaration of a girl, whose sister has disclosed that both were serially abused by their father, brother and other relatives.

On Saturday, the police arrested Arun Kumar, 45, a native of Andaloor near Dharmadam in Kannur district and his son for abusing his 13-year old daughter after she confided the incest to her teachers.

The girl, whose mother was dead, said in her complaint that two years ago her sister committed suicide as she had been subjected to brutal sexual abuse by the father, who was a drug addict.

It’s also alleged that the police tampered with the victim’s dying declaration to save some political leaders, who were involved in the case. The police has nabbed an uncle of the girl, a CPM leader, in connection with the serial abuse. Dharmadam circle inspector M.P. Vinod told DC on Monday that police was investigating the allegations and proper action would be initiated if tampering was detected.

“We had a preliminary verification of the dying statement and no such tampering is visible”, he added.

The police was also perusing other documents related to the suicide.

Police said the father and son were addicted to drugs and alcohol. The elder sister was admitted with fatal, third degree burns at Medical College here in August 2010.

The younger sibling recently disclosed the torture to her teachers.

She was then subjected to a medical examination at Thalassery general hospital to confirm the abuse.
Following this, Dharmadam police arrested the father and the son.