In a city that has been shocked with incidents of rape, here is another case that exposes the torture a survivor and her family has to endure. The mother of an 11-year-old survivor, who was repeatedly raped by her cousin, is being harassed by the accused to withdraw her complaint.

“In July, this year, my sister’s 16-year-old son was arrested by the Trombay police for raping my 11-year-old daughter. But, within a week of his arrest, he was out on bail, and since then, he has been harassing us. The accused, along with his mother, have been mentally torturing us, following which I filed several police complaints against both of them. They have been threatening us, demanding that the case be taken back,” said the mother of the minor girl, whose daughter was repeatedly raped over a period of one year.