A 65-year-old man raped a 16-year-old girl in the name of treatment. She became pregnant and gave birth to a daughter. On the complaint of the girl, Ramtek police arrested the accused old man. The accused was identified as Manohar Sakharam Kathoke.
The victim a 16-year-old girl, had both arms were ‘fractured’ due to a fall from the roof. The girl was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Ramtek.
The accused earns money by fetching saplings from the forest and plastering them on broken bones. accused started treating the girl on 1st January 2022. She was plastered with tree leaves for a few days. Within a treatment, one day accused
tied her hands to the bed. then put a cloth in her mouth and raped the girl. He threatened her that if she told anyone about this, he would kill her. Since last January, he was always coming to the girl’s house and establishing physical relations with girl on the pretext of applying plaster.
On August 9, girl was rushed to the hospital due to stomach pain. The doctor said that she was pregnant. after that she gave birth to a baby. then filed a complaint against accused at Ramtek police station. Police registered a case and arrested accused. The accused confessed to the sexual abuse on the pretext of treatment.