New Delhi, May 20: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has praised the 22-year-old girl who chopped off her serial rapist's penis in Thiruvananthapuram.
"It was a courageous step, no doubt about it," an media report quoted said Vijayan.
When asked about what steps the government would take against the accused, he is said to have responded with a laugh: "What more action you need?"
The 22-year-old girl told the police that the sanyasi, an inmate from Panmana Ashram, had been repeatedly raping her for the past seven years.
"My father is paralyzed and bedridden. My mother invited Swami for conducting pooja and offering prayers three years ago. He is a frequent visitor to our home," she said.
"Seven years ago, he started raping me. I was scared to resist him. When he tried to rape me on Friday night, I chopped off his sexual organ," the survivor told the police.
Since the girl was still a minor seven years back, when she claims the sexual assault started, the police registered a criminal case against the sanyasi under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POSCO).
Reports have it that the girl's mother was aware of the sexual assault she was being subjected to and kept quiet about it, which is why she has been detained by the police.
The girl's family, upon finding their sanyasi in a bloodied state, rushed him to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College, where he was declared to be in a "critical condition".
Police said that they have not registered a case against the girl as she acted in self defense.
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