“Every time he tried to rape me, he’d tie a scarf around my mouth to ensure that my screams were not heard in the neighbourhood. After every attempt, he threatened me into keeping mum. I was very scared.” A 16- year- old girl finally marshalled the courage to disclose to the police these ghastly acts of her father, who used her to vent his lust for an entire year, until she ran away from home, in October, just to escape his clutches.

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