Hyderabad: Clues from CCTV footage, coupled with the statement of the rape survivor, helped nail Hathagade Sumeeth, a band worker, accused of raping a nine-year-old girl at Mangalhat in Sept 2021. The XII Additional Sessions Judge, Nampally, T Anitha, sentenced Sumeeth to 25 years of rigorous imprisonment and 7,000 fine. The Judge also awarded 3 lakh compensation to survivor.
On the day of the crime, the girl stepped out of her home looking for her parents. Her parents quarrelled and went to the police station in the middle of the night, leaving the survivor and her siblings at home alone. The girl woke up and went out in search of them.
Sumeeth, who was returning from work, saw her roaming on the streets and told her he would help her find her parents. He took her to an under-construction building, gagged her, hit her with his chappal when she raised an alarm, and raped her. He then left her at the spot and fled. Later, her parents found her crying on the road. When she told them about the incident, they lodged a police complaint.
Based on CCTV footage and clues given by the girl, police arrested Sumeeth and remanded him to judicial custody. During trial, court examined survivor’s statement and CCTV footage, pronounced Sumeeth guilty, and awarded him punishment.
During counselling at Bharosa centre, police found the child to have low intellectual capacity. Her mother allegedly taunted her about the incident, threatened her, and beat her. In view of this, and as her parents were alcoholics, a Bharosa team lodged her in a govt shelter for a year. Ater counselling and giving the parents de-addiction treatment, the child was reunited with the family, said cops.
Bharosa team provided counselling to parents, provided them de-addiction treatment, and reunited child with the family, said D Kavitha, DCP women safety, Hyderabad
On the day of the crime, the girl stepped out of her home looking for her parents. Her parents quarrelled and went to the police station in the middle of the night, leaving the survivor and her siblings at home alone. The girl woke up and went out in search of them.
Sumeeth, who was returning from work, saw her roaming on the streets and told her he would help her find her parents. He took her to an under-construction building, gagged her, hit her with his chappal when she raised an alarm, and raped her. He then left her at the spot and fled. Later, her parents found her crying on the road. When she told them about the incident, they lodged a police complaint.
Based on CCTV footage and clues given by the girl, police arrested Sumeeth and remanded him to judicial custody. During trial, court examined survivor’s statement and CCTV footage, pronounced Sumeeth guilty, and awarded him punishment.
During counselling at Bharosa centre, police found the child to have low intellectual capacity. Her mother allegedly taunted her about the incident, threatened her, and beat her. In view of this, and as her parents were alcoholics, a Bharosa team lodged her in a govt shelter for a year. Ater counselling and giving the parents de-addiction treatment, the child was reunited with the family, said cops.
Bharosa team provided counselling to parents, provided them de-addiction treatment, and reunited child with the family, said D Kavitha, DCP women safety, Hyderabad
