


She said that during the pursuance of the matter, the situation seemed worrisome when the team spoke to father and sensed that there was much more to the story. Sensing anxiety, the helpline team continued speaking to him and finally persuaded to go home, Manisha Tiwary manager 181 said. It began on last Friday evening when the brother of survivors called up on 181 women Helpline number seeking assistance for his shelter, he sounded frustrated and restless.

The mother had left home about seven years ago and the family is very poor, badly affected due to pandemic. The incident occurred in remote village of Belha region, located about 70 kilometers from state capital in the family comprising of four siblings including two girls and father. It took a series of activities carried out for four days by women helpline 181 in Raipur and police’s Raksha team in Bilaspur that instilled feeling of trust and courage among the girls to speak up the truth and get the man booked. Poverty-stricken family of four siblings, the girls feared and worried about the consequences on reporting to police that forced them remain muted. RAIPUR: As rapes and gangrape incidents rock the country with shocking death of Hathras victim in UP, a 45-year-old man was arrested under the provision of POCSO Act for allegedly raping his two daughters aged 21 and 13 years, for several years in Bilaspur region of Chhattisgarh.
