13-yr-old Navi Mumbai schoolgirl's letter to teacher exposes rapist dad

When a teenage girl quietly slipped a letter to her school teacher last week the latter had no idea that it was not a simple request for leave but a desperate plea for help For in the letter the child had written that her father had been raping her and that her mother who had witnessed these sexual assaults did nothing to help herAlso read 53yearold held for raping eightyearold daughterIt was after receiving this letter that the teacher approached a local NGO in Vashi who helped register a rape case against the pervert parents The horrifying ordeal came to light when the 13yearold a Std VII student gave the letter to her teacher last week lsquoMy father raped me and my mother is not helpingrsquo it readThe shattered teacher uttered not a word threw away the note fearing someone would read it and promptly informed a local NGO who helped the girl register a case with the Vashi police The FIR was registered on Monday night against both the parentsSerial rapesPolice said the girlrsquos 45yearold father is a fruit vendor In her statement to the cops the girl said ldquoMy father raped me in front of my mother After this my mother would then offer me some pills He has been raping me since I was seven years oldMumbai Father refused to pay for college unless girl let him rape herDespite complaining to my mother she refused to help merdquo Police sources said they are investigating if the pills were to prevent pregnancy The survivor has an elder sister an elder brother and two younger brothers She has alleged that the rapes would happen when her siblings were not at homeldquoWhenever my brothers werenrsquot at home my father would take advantage of the opportunity and rape me inside my house in front of my mother I had complained to my mother several times but she never helped merdquo she told the police The teen told the cops she had also confided in her 17yearold sisterPolice said the elder sister doesnrsquot stay with the family and the girl has said she too has been a victim of the fatherrsquos sexual assault The girl also said in her statement that she had brought up the matter before her neighbours but they refused to intervene and suggested that she approach the cops herselfPolice said the girl was able to muster courage after receiving a counselling session at school A police officer from Vashi police station requesting anonymity said ldquoA few NGOs have been delivering counselling sessions on child sexual abuse at several schools in Navi Mumbai during which she realised that she should speak up against her parentsrdquoPolice have questioned the survivorrsquos mother who has refuted her daughterrsquos charges The woman claimed she came to know about the sexual assaults only a fortnight ago after which she scolded her husband and asked him to stay away from the teenager The girl is now put up at a childrenrsquos home owned by the NGOCop speakBoth the parents have been booked under Section 376 rape of the Indian Penal Code along with Section 5LN of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences POCSO Act 2012 However only the father has been arrested till now He was produced at a Thane court yesterday and remanded to police custody till tomorrow July 23Deputy Commissioner of Police Shahaji Umap Navi Mumbai Zone I confirmed the incident and said ldquoWe have arrested the father but are investigating as to what exact role her mother had to play The survivor has told us that her mother has offered her some medicineAlso read Monster dad raped 14yearold 20 times over two yearsWe will verify what medicines were given to her Once these details are confirmed we will arrest the mother toordquo Police sources believe these medicines were contraceptive pills which the mother offered to her daughter to avoid pregnancy