16-year-old sister of rape victim also pushed into prostitution by brother

Kasargod, December 19: The elder sister of a 14-year-old girl from Manjeswaram in Kasargod district, who had been raped by her brother and his friend for over two years, told the police here on Tuesday that she also had been driven into prostitution by her brother.

A special squad, led by V. Madhusudhanan, Deputy Superintendent of Police, District Crime Records Bureau, interrogated the 16-year-old girl with the assistance of the local Childline volunteers.

The victim disclosed that she, along with her younger sister, had been taken by their brother to Hassan and Sakaleshpur towns in Karnataka, besides Bangalore, for the past one year, police sources here said.

The brother and his relative Ashraf have been remanded in judicial custody.

The police said that they had registered cases against seven persons, including two women, in connection with the rape case of the 14-year-old girl.

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